CVE-2022-46689

high-risk
Published 2022-12-15

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Do I need to act?

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85.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 15% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (28)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
and 8 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 13/34 · Low