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CVE-2022-22665A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
References
References7
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213184 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-4 Security Update 2022-004 Catalina (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-27810 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-22665)Record last updated .