CVE-2022-46697 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00161.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49486	An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532

History

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T13:49:17.406Z

Reserved: 2022-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46697

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:39:38.335Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T19:15:26.523

Modified: 2025-04-21T14:15:34.710

Link: CVE-2022-46697

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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