CVE-2022-32938: Use After Free
Published Oct 24, 2022
·Updated
A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary path on the file system.
Other sources
Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
APFS. An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
— Apple
Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
Apple TV. The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
— Apple
AppleAVD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
— Apple
Credit
Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), an anonymous researcher, CVE-2022-28739, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Rohit Chatterjee(University of Illinois Urbana), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Om kothawade(Zaprico Digital), Andrew Goldberg(The McCombs School of Business), The University(Texas at Austin), Felix Poulin-Belanger, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), CVE-2021-36690, Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-0629, CVE-2022-0685, CVE-2022-0696, CVE-2022-0714, CVE-2022-0729, CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1381, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-1616, CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1620, CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629, CVE-2022-1674, CVE-2022-1733, CVE-2022-1735, CVE-2022-1769, CVE-2022-1927, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968, CVE-2022-1851, CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1898, CVE-2022-1720, CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2042, CVE-2022-2124, CVE-2022-2125, CVE-2022-2126, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, P1umer@@p1umer, afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Jeonghoon Shin at Theori@@singi21a(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jihwan Kim@@gPayl0ad, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), Abdulrahman Alqabandi(Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research), Ryan Shin(IAAI SecLab at Korea University), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(DNSLab at Korea University), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 楼梦想改造家@@18(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), @@jq0904(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Jeff Johnson, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Evgeny Legerov, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Kshitij Kumar(Crowdstrike), Jai Musunuri(Crowdstrike), CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208, Sergii Kryvoblotskyi(MacPaw Inc), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Jiří Vinopal@@vinopaljiri(Check Point Research), Sonali Luthar(the University of Virginia), Michael Liao(the University of Illinois at Urbana), Rohan Pahwa(Rutgers University), (University of Florida), Bao Nguyen(University of Florida), Bistrit Dahal, Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Ron Masas (breakpoint.sh)(BreakPoint Technologies LTD), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Yutao Wang@@Jack, Yu Zhou@@yuzhou6666, Evgeny Legerov(Intevydis), Joshua Jones, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, CVE-2022-1622, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Ron Masas(breakpointhq), Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), CVE-2021-39537, CVE-2022-29458, Gustav Hansen(WithSecure), Ubeydullah Sümer, Ezekiel Elin, Ashwani Rajput(Nagarro Software Pvt), Srijan Shivam Mishra(The Hack Report), Jugal Goradia(Aastha Technologies), Evan Ricafort (evanricafort.com)(Invalid Web Security), Shesha Sai C (linkedin.com/in/shesha-sai-c-18585b125)(Pune), (Pune), Amod Raghunath Patwardhan(Pune), India, Yinyi Wu(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o(Google Project Zero), Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Tommaso Bianco@@cutesmilee__, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Google Project Zero), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Halle Winkler@@hallewinkler(Politepix), Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Arsenii Kostromin, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, ryuzaki, IES Red Team(ByteDance), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), Dr Hideaki Goto(Tohoku University), Japan, Willy R. Vasquez(The University of Texas at Austin)
Affected Software
6 affected componentsFixes available
macOS Ventura<13
13
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.1
16.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16
16
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.0
iPhone OS<16.1
macOS<13.0
Event History
Oct 24, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Weakness
Nov 1, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2022-42795
- CVE-2022-48577
- CVE-2022-32858
- CVE-2022-32898
- CVE-2022-32899
- CVE-2022-46721
- CVE-2022-47915
- CVE-2022-47965
- CVE-2022-32889
- CVE-2022-32907
- CVE-2022-32827
- CVE-2022-32877
- CVE-2022-42789
- CVE-2022-42825
- CVE-2022-46722
- CVE-2022-32902
- CVE-2022-32904
- CVE-2022-32890
- CVE-2022-42796
- CVE-2022-42798
- CVE-2022-32940
- CVE-2022-42816
- CVE-2022-42821
- CVE-2022-42860
- CVE-2022-42819
- CVE-2022-42813
- CVE-2022-26730
- CVE-2022-32945
- CVE-2022-42838
- CVE-2022-48683
- CVE-2022-22663
- CVE-2022-32867
- CVE-2022-32205
- CVE-2022-32206
- CVE-2022-32207
- CVE-2022-32208
- CVE-2022-42814
- CVE-2022-32865
- CVE-2022-32915
- CVE-2022-32928
- CVE-2022-22643
- CVE-2022-32935
- CVE-2022-42788
- CVE-2022-48504
- CVE-2022-32905
- CVE-2022-42833
- CVE-2022-32947
- CVE-2022-42809
- CVE-2022-3437
- CVE-2022-32849
- CVE-2022-32913
- CVE-2022-32809
- CVE-2022-1622
- CVE-2022-32936
- CVE-2022-42820
- CVE-2022-42806
- CVE-2022-32864
- CVE-2022-32866
- CVE-2022-32911
- CVE-2022-32924
- CVE-2022-32914
- CVE-2022-42808
- CVE-2022-32944
- CVE-2022-42803
- CVE-2022-32926
- CVE-2022-42801
- CVE-2022-46712
- CVE-2022-42815
- CVE-2022-42834
- CVE-2022-46707
- CVE-2022-32883
- CVE-2022-32908
- CVE-2022-42810
- CVE-2021-39537
- CVE-2022-29458
- CVE-2022-42818
- CVE-2022-32879
- CVE-2022-32895
- CVE-2022-46713
- CVE-2022-42807
- CVE-2022-32918
- CVE-2022-42829
- CVE-2022-42830
- CVE-2022-42831
- CVE-2022-42832
- CVE-2022-32941
- CVE-2022-28739
- CVE-2022-32881
- CVE-2022-32862
- CVE-2022-32931
- CVE-2022-42811
- CVE-2022-42793
- CVE-2022-32876
- CVE-2022-32938
- CVE-2022-42790
- CVE-2022-32870
- CVE-2022-32934
- CVE-2022-42791
- CVE-2021-36690
- CVE-2022-48505
- CVE-2022-26699
- CVE-2022-0261
- CVE-2022-0318
- CVE-2022-0319
- CVE-2022-0351
- CVE-2022-0359
- CVE-2022-0361
- CVE-2022-0368
- CVE-2022-0392
- CVE-2022-0554
- CVE-2022-0572
- CVE-2022-0629
- CVE-2022-0685
- CVE-2022-0696
- CVE-2022-0714
- CVE-2022-0729
- CVE-2022-0943
- CVE-2022-1381
- CVE-2022-1420
- CVE-2022-1725
- CVE-2022-1616
- CVE-2022-1619
- CVE-2022-1620
- CVE-2022-1621
- CVE-2022-1629
- CVE-2022-1674
- CVE-2022-1733
- CVE-2022-1735
- CVE-2022-1769
- CVE-2022-1927
- CVE-2022-1942
- CVE-2022-1968
- CVE-2022-1851
- CVE-2022-1897
- CVE-2022-1898
- CVE-2022-1720
- CVE-2022-2000
- CVE-2022-2042
- CVE-2022-2124
- CVE-2022-2125
- CVE-2022-2126
- CVE-2022-42828
- CVE-2022-32875
- CVE-2022-42826
- CVE-2022-32886
- CVE-2022-32888
- CVE-2022-32912
- CVE-2022-42799
- CVE-2022-42823
- CVE-2022-42824
- CVE-2022-32923
- CVE-2022-32922
- CVE-2022-32892
- CVE-2022-32833
- CVE-2022-46709
- CVE-2022-37434
- CVE-2022-42800
- CVE-2022-32932
- CVE-2022-32909
- CVE-2022-32929
- CVE-2022-32946
- CVE-2022-32939
- CVE-2022-42827
- CVE-2022-46715
- CVE-2022-42817
- CVE-2022-42792
- CVE-2022-32927
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is CVE-2022-32938?
CVE-2022-32938 is a vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Ventura that involves a parsing issue in the handling of directory paths.
2
How does CVE-2022-32938 impact Apple devices?
CVE-2022-32938 can allow an attacker to exploit a parsing issue in directory paths, potentially leading to unauthorized access or other malicious activities on affected Apple devices.
3
Which versions of Apple iOS are affected by CVE-2022-32938?
Apple iOS versions up to and excluding 16.1 are affected by CVE-2022-32938.
4
Which versions of Apple iPadOS are affected by CVE-2022-32938?
Apple iPadOS versions up to and excluding 16 are affected by CVE-2022-32938.
5
What is the remedy for CVE-2022-32938?
Upgrading to Apple iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, or macOS Ventura 13 will address the parsing issue and provide improved path validation to mitigate the vulnerability.