CVE-2022-26745 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may disclose restricted memory.

Published: 2022-05-26

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-31295	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may disclose restricted memory.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00636.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-05-26T19:07:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:11:44.599Z

Reserved: 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-26745

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-26T20:15:08.853

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:35:43.630

Link: CVE-2022-26745

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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