CVE-2022-26743

HIGH

macOS Monterey <12.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An attacker that has already achieved code execution in macOS Recovery may be able to escalate to kernel privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
apple/macos 12.0 - 12.4
Published May 26, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026