CVE-2022-22669 Use after free in macOS

What is CVE-2022-22669?

CVE-2022-22669 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 18 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22669?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22669?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-22669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qf32-gwp4-q54f.