CVE-2022-22665: Critical severity apple macos vulnerability

Published Mar 14, 2022
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Updated

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Other sources

apache. Multiple issues were addressed by updating apache to version 2.4.53.

— Apple

AppKit. A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

Credit

Lockheed Martin Red Team, an anonymous researcher, Jeremy Brown(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Qi Sun(Trend Micro), Ye Zhang@@co0py_Cat(Baidu Security), Robert Ai(Trend Micro), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Yonghwi Jin@@jinmo123(Theori), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Liu Long(Ant Security Light), Jack Dates(RET2 Systems Inc), Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Jeonghoon Shin(Theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng@@peternguyen14(STAR Labs), Ned Williamson(Google Project Zero), @@gorelics(BreakPoint), (BreakPoint), Ron Masas(BreakPoint), Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)(Microsoft), Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Yuebin Sun@@yuebinsun2020(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Max Shavrick@@_mxms(the Google Security Team), Zubair Ashraf(Crowdstrike), CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-23308, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, @@gorelics, Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng(STAR Labs), Felix Poulin-Belanger, Antonio Cheong Yu Xuan(YCISCQ), CVE-2021-4136, CVE-2021-4166, CVE-2021-4173, CVE-2021-4187, CVE-2021-4192, CVE-2021-4193, CVE-2021-46059, CVE-2022-0128, Heige(KnownSec 404 Team), Bo Qu(Palo Alto Networks), Scarlet Raine, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), CVE-2022-0530, Tavis Ormandy, CVE-2021-45444, CVE-2021-44224, CVE-2021-44790, CVE-2022-22719, CVE-2022-22720, CVE-2022-22721

Affected Software

20 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.6.5
11.6.5
Apple Catalina
Apple macOS Monterey<12.3
12.3
Apple iOS and macOS>=10.15<10.15.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-005
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-007
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-003
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-006
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-007
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-008
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-supplemental_update
Apple macOS>=11.0<11.6.5
Apple macOS>=12.0<12.3

Event History

Mar 18, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
May 16, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-22665?

CVE-2022-22665 is a logic issue in AppKit that was addressed with improved validation.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-22665?

The severity of CVE-2022-22665 is critical with a severity value of 7.8.

3

What software versions are affected by CVE-2022-22665?

CVE-2022-22665 affects macOS Catalina, macOS Big Sur (up to version 11.6.5), and macOS Monterey (up to version 12.3).

4

How can a malicious application exploit CVE-2022-22665?

A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges through CVE-2022-22665.

5

How can I fix CVE-2022-22665?

CVE-2022-22665 is fixed in macOS Monterey version 12.3. It is recommended to update to this version to mitigate the vulnerability.

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