CVE-2022-32902: Medium severity Apple macOS Big Sur vulnerability

Published Sep 12, 2022
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Updated

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13, macOS Monterey 12.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Other sources

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

APFS. An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AppleAVD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

— Apple

AppleAVD. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

— Apple

Credit

Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Yinyi Wu(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o(Google Project Zero), Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Tommaso Bianco@@cutesmilee__, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Google Project Zero), an anonymous researcher, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Halle Winkler@@hallewinkler(Politepix), Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Arsenii Kostromin, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Kshitij Kumar(Crowdstrike), Jai Musunuri(Crowdstrike), CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208, Sergii Kryvoblotskyi(MacPaw Inc), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Jiří Vinopal@@vinopaljiri(Check Point Research), Sonali Luthar(the University of Virginia), Michael Liao(the University of Illinois at Urbana), Rohan Pahwa(Rutgers University), (University of Florida), Bao Nguyen(University of Florida), Bistrit Dahal, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Ron Masas (breakpoint.sh)(BreakPoint Technologies LTD), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Yutao Wang@@Jack, Yu Zhou@@yuzhou6666, Evgeny Legerov(Intevydis), Joshua Jones, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, CVE-2022-1622, Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Ron Masas(breakpointhq), Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), CVE-2021-39537, CVE-2022-29458, Gustav Hansen(WithSecure), Ubeydullah Sümer, Ezekiel Elin, Ashwani Rajput(Nagarro Software Pvt), Srijan Shivam Mishra(The Hack Report), Jugal Goradia(Aastha Technologies), Evan Ricafort (evanricafort.com)(Invalid Web Security), Shesha Sai C (linkedin.com/in/shesha-sai-c-18585b125)(Pune), (Pune), Amod Raghunath Patwardhan(Pune), India, CVE-2022-28739, Rohit Chatterjee(University of Illinois Urbana), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Om kothawade(Zaprico Digital), Andrew Goldberg(The McCombs School of Business), The University(Texas at Austin), Felix Poulin-Belanger, CVE-2021-36690, Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-0629, CVE-2022-0685, CVE-2022-0696, CVE-2022-0714, CVE-2022-0729, CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1381, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-1616, CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1620, CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629, CVE-2022-1674, CVE-2022-1733, CVE-2022-1735, CVE-2022-1769, CVE-2022-1927, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968, CVE-2022-1851, CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1898, CVE-2022-1720, CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2042, CVE-2022-2124, CVE-2022-2125, CVE-2022-2126, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, P1umer@@p1umer, afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Jeonghoon Shin at Theori@@singi21a(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jihwan Kim@@gPayl0ad, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), Abdulrahman Alqabandi(Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research), Ryan Shin(IAAI SecLab at Korea University), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(DNSLab at Korea University), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 楼梦想改造家@@18(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), @@jq0904(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Jeff Johnson, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Evgeny Legerov, ryuzaki

Affected Software

5 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.7
11.7
macOS<12.6
12.6
macOS Ventura<13
13
macOS>=11.0<11.7
macOS>=12.0.0<12.6

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11.7
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 12.6
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Ventura to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Monterey to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 12.6
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Big Sur to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11.7
  7. Compensating control

    Remove additional entitlements from affected applications.

Event History

Oct 24, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Feb 27, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-32902?

CVE-2022-32902 is a logic issue vulnerability in Apple macOS Monterey, macOS Ventura, and macOS Big Sur.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-32902?

The severity of CVE-2022-32902 is not specified.

3

How does CVE-2022-32902 affect Apple macOS Monterey?

CVE-2022-32902 affects Apple macOS Monterey versions up to and excluding 12.6.

4

How does CVE-2022-32902 affect Apple macOS Ventura?

CVE-2022-32902 affects Apple macOS Ventura versions up to and excluding 13.

5

How does CVE-2022-32902 affect Apple macOS Big Sur?

CVE-2022-32902 affects Apple macOS Big Sur versions up to and excluding 11.7.

6

How can I fix CVE-2022-32902?

To fix CVE-2022-32902, update to the corresponding remedial versions provided by Apple.

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