CVE-2022-32917

7.8

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur...

Exploited in the wild Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Apple
Product: iOS, macOS
Published: Sep 20, 2022
EPSS: —

Description

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

macos ios cisa nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-09-14 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Sep 14, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nessus	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/165108	Jun 02, 2025

Vulnerability detail