CVE-2022-32894

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-08-18

Actively exploited. CVE-2022-32894 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-08-18) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Apple iOS and macOS contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could allow an application to execute code with kernel privileges.

CSIRTS triage

What: The out-of-bounds write vulnerability could allow an application to execute code with kernel privileges.
Who is affected: Users of Apple iOS and macOS are affected.
Urgency: Immediate remediation is necessary as exploitation is possible and the severity is critical.
Action: Update to the latest version of iOS or macOS.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 87% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2022-32894: Apple iOS and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-08-18

External references

NVD record for CVE-2022-32894

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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