CVE-2022-22674: Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

Q: What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-22674.

Q: What is the title of the vulnerability?

The title of the vulnerability is Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability.

Q: What is the description of the vulnerability?

The description of the vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read issue in the Intel Graphics Driver, which may lead to the disclosure of kernel memory and has been addressed with improved input validation.

Q: Which software versions are affected by the vulnerability?

The vulnerability affects Apple macOS Monterey up to version 12.3.1, Apple macOS Big Sur up to version 11.6.6, and Apple macOS Catalina.

Q: Has this vulnerability been actively exploited?

Apple is aware of a report that this vulnerability may have been actively exploited.

Q: Where can I find more information about this vulnerability?

You can find more information about this vulnerability on the Apple support website. Please refer to the following links: [link1](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255), [link2](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213220), [link3](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256).

Published Mar 31, 2022

Updated

An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3.1, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.

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an anonymous researcher, 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, Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng(STAR Labs), Felix Poulin-Belanger, Antonio Cheong Yu Xuan(YCISCQ), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), 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, Yonghwi Jin@@jinmo123(Theori), Lockheed Martin Red Team, 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), CVE-2021-44224, CVE-2021-44790, CVE-2022-22719, CVE-2022-22720, CVE-2022-22721

Affected Software

22 affected componentsFixes available

Apple macOS Big Sur<11.6.6

11.6.6

Apple Catalina

Apple macOS Monterey<12.3.1

12.3.1

Apple macOS

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-security_update_2022-003

Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-supplemental_update

Apple macOS>=11.0<11.6.6

Apple macOS>=12.0.0<12.3.1

Event History

Apr 4, 2022

CVE Published

via CISA·12:00 AM

Known Exploited

via CISA·12:00 AM

May 16, 2022

Data Sourced

via Apple·12:00 AM

DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software

Updated

via Apple·12:00 AM

DescriptionWeakness

Updated

via Apple·12:00 AM

Description

May 26, 2022

CVE Published

via MITRE·05:43 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·05:43 PM

DescriptionWeakness

Data Sourced

via NVD·06:15 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-22674.

What is the title of the vulnerability?

The title of the vulnerability is Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability.

What is the description of the vulnerability?

The description of the vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read issue in the Intel Graphics Driver, which may lead to the disclosure of kernel memory and has been addressed with improved input validation.

Which software versions are affected by the vulnerability?

The vulnerability affects Apple macOS Monterey up to version 12.3.1, Apple macOS Big Sur up to version 11.6.6, and Apple macOS Catalina.

Has this vulnerability been actively exploited?

Apple is aware of a report that this vulnerability may have been actively exploited.

Where can I find more information about this vulnerability?

You can find more information about this vulnerability on the Apple support website. Please refer to the following links: [link1](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255), [link2](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213220), [link3](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256).

CVE-2022-22674: Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

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