Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2022· Updated Oct 21, 2025

CVE-2022-32917

Description

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: = 11.7
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: = 12.6
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
= 15.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 15.7
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

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References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/39mitremailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/40mitremailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43mitremailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45mitremailing-list
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213443mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213444mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446mitre

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