CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-26768

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4, watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ipadosNVD
Affected:< 15.6Fixed in:15.6CVE-2022-26768derived from NVD
iphone osNVD
Affected:< 15.6Fixed in:15.6CVE-2022-26768derived from NVD
macosNVD
Affected:>= 12.0, < 12.4Fixed in:12.4CVE-2022-26768derived from NVD
tvosNVD
Affected:< 15.5Fixed in:15.5CVE-2022-26768derived from NVD
watchosNVD
Affected:< 8.6Fixed in:8.6CVE-2022-26768derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days
66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-30.