CVE-2022-32940 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, allowing an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges due to insufficient bounds checks. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can be exploited locally with user interaction to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, Apple has addressed this flaw in tvOS 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, and watchOS 9.1. Organizations should prioritize patching affected devices to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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