CVE-2022-22674
Actively exploited. CVE-2022-22674 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-04) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
macOS Monterey contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow an application to read kernel memory.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An out-of-bounds read vulnerability could allow an application to read kernel memory.
- Who is affected
- Users of macOS Monterey are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the potential for sensitive information disclosure and active exploitation.
- Action
- Update macOS Monterey to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 63% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-22674: Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-04-04
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