High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-32842

Description

An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Security Update 2021-008 Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: Security Update 2022-005 Catalina
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
Monterey 12.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: Monterey 12.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345nvdVendor Advisory

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