Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-22593

High

Published: 18 March 2022

Published
18 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0169 82.7th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-22593 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 17.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, Security Update 2022-001 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. A malicious application may be…

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able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 15.3
apple
iphone os
≤ 15.3
apple
mac os x
10.15.7 · ≤ 10.15.7
apple
macos
11.0 — 11.6.3 · 12.0.0 — 12.2
apple
tvos
≤ 15.3
apple
watchos
≤ 8.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References