CVE-2022-22662 Information disclosure in macOS

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information due to a cookie management issue in macOS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-22662?

CVE-2022-22662 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 26 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22662?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Macos, Fedoraproject Fedora.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22662?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-22662 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22662, GHSA-83p3-v4fm-fxh5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22662.

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