CVE-2022-32786: Input Validation
Published Jul 20, 2022
·Updated
AMD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
Other sources
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
— MITRE
APFS. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
Apple Neural Engine. An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
— Apple
Apple Neural Engine. An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
— Apple
Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
Credit
Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Baidu Security), Ye Zhang@@co0py_Cat(Baidu Security), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), Ferdous Saljooki@@malwarezoo(Jamf Software), an anonymous researcher, John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Daniel Lim Wee Soong(STAR Labs), Joshua Mason(Mandiant), Joshua Jones, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Secure Disclosure Labs), Korea Univ., Ivan Fratric(Google Project Zero), hjy79425575, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, ABC Research s.r.o, Yinyi Wu@@3ndy1, ABC Research s.r.o., Dongzhuo Zhao(ADLab of Venustech), (Cyberpeace Tech Co), ZhaoHai(Cyberpeace Tech Co), Ltd., Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), (Ant Group), Min Zheng(Ant Group), Hexhive (hexhive.epfl.ch)(China), NCNIPC(China), CVE-2022-32823, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Kai Lu(Zscaler's ThreatLabz), Sreejith Krishnan R@@skr0x1c0, Jeffrey Paul (sneak.berlin), Joshua Mason @jhu.edu)@@josh, Evgeny Kotkov, visualsvn.com, Xuxiang Yang@@another1024(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Gordon Long(Computest Sector 7), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Yuebin Sun@@yuebinsun2020(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Binoy Chitale(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University(Illinois at Chicago), Nick Nikiforakis(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), Chris Kanich(Illinois at Chicago), (Illinois at Chicago), Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), P1umer@@p1umer, Q1IQ@@q1iqF, Matthias Keller (m-keller.com), afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Manfred Paul@@_manfp(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jan Vojtesek(Avast Threat Intelligence team), Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Jeremy Legendre(MacEnhance), Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing)
Affected Software
20 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.6.8
11.6.8
Apple Catalina
Apple macOS Monterey<12.5
12.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-001
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_2021-004
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-005
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 macOS<10.15.7
Apple macOS>=11.0<11.6.8
Apple macOS>=12.0<12.5
Apple macOS=10.15.7
Apple macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-004
Event History
Jul 20, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
Sep 23, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:59 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:59 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2022-32832
- CVE-2022-32826
- CVE-2022-32797
- CVE-2022-32853
- CVE-2022-32851
- CVE-2022-32831
- CVE-2022-32910
- CVE-2022-32825
- CVE-2022-32820
- CVE-2022-32805
- CVE-2022-32849
- CVE-2022-32839
- CVE-2022-32781
- CVE-2022-32819
- CVE-2022-32787
- CVE-2022-32785
- CVE-2022-32812
- CVE-2022-32811
- CVE-2022-32815
- CVE-2022-32813
- CVE-2021-30946
- CVE-2022-32823
- CVE-2022-32814
- CVE-2022-32786
- CVE-2022-32800
- CVE-2022-32838
- CVE-2022-32843
- CVE-2022-32857
- CVE-2022-32807
- CVE-2022-26704
- CVE-2022-32834
- CVE-2022-0156
- CVE-2022-0158
- CVE-2022-32860
- CVE-2022-32847
- CVE-2022-32848
- CVE-2022-32842
- CVE-2022-32799
- CVE-2021-4136
- CVE-2021-4166
- CVE-2021-4173
- CVE-2021-4187
- CVE-2021-4192
- CVE-2021-4193
- CVE-2021-46059
- CVE-2022-0128
- CVE-2022-32837
- CVE-2022-42858
- CVE-2022-32788
- CVE-2022-32880
- CVE-2022-42805
- CVE-2022-32948
- CVE-2022-32810
- CVE-2022-32840
- CVE-2022-32845
- CVE-2022-48578
- CVE-2022-32852
- CVE-2022-32789
- CVE-2022-32828
- CVE-2022-32793
- CVE-2022-32821
- CVE-2022-32897
- CVE-2022-32802
- CVE-2022-32841
- CVE-2022-48503
- CVE-2022-32817
- CVE-2022-32829
- CVE-2022-26981
- CVE-2022-46708
- CVE-2022-32796
- CVE-2022-32798
- CVE-2022-32818
- CVE-2022-32801
- CVE-2021-28544
- CVE-2022-24070
- CVE-2022-29046
- CVE-2022-29048
- CVE-2022-32933
- CVE-2022-32885
- CVE-2022-32861
- CVE-2022-32863
- CVE-2022-32816
- CVE-2022-32792
- CVE-2022-2294
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is CVE-2022-32786?
CVE-2022-32786 is a vulnerability in PackageKit that allows for arbitrary code execution.
2
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-32786?
CVE-2022-32786 affects Apple macOS Catalina, macOS Big Sur (up to version 11.6.8), and macOS Monterey (up to version 12.5).
3
What is the severity of CVE-2022-32786?
The severity of CVE-2022-32786 is not specified.
4
How can I fix CVE-2022-32786?
To fix CVE-2022-32786, update your macOS to the latest available version as mentioned in Apple's support articles [1], [2], [3].