Vulnerability CVE-2022-22640

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-22640 (CCN-221727)

Assigned:

2022-03-14

Published:

2022-03-14

Updated:

2022-10-24

Summary:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3, watchOS 8.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

9.3 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-787

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-22640

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apple-ios-cve202222640-priv-esc(221727)

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT213182
About the security content of iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213186

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213193

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 15.4)

OR cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 15.4)

OR cpe:/o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 15.4)

OR cpe:/o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 8.5)

OR cpe:/o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 12.0 and < 12.3)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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