CVE-2022-32941: Buffer Overflow

Published Oct 24, 2022
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Updated

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

Other sources

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

— Apple

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

— Apple

Apple TV. The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

— Apple

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

— Apple

AppleAVD. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

— Apple

Credit

an anonymous researcher, Willy R. Vasquez(The University of Texas at Austin), Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), IES Red Team(ByteDance), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, 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), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Dr Hideaki Goto(Tohoku University), Japan, Evgeny Legerov, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Bistrit Dahal, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Yinyi Wu(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o(Google Project Zero), Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Tommaso Bianco@@cutesmilee__, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Google Project Zero), Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), 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), 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), Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Ron Masas (breakpoint.sh)(BreakPoint Technologies LTD), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Yutao Wang@@Jack, Yu Zhou@@yuzhou6666, Evgeny Legerov(Intevydis), Joshua Jones, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, CVE-2022-1622, Ron Masas(breakpointhq), 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), 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, P1umer@@p1umer, afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Jeonghoon Shin at Theori@@singi21a(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 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), ryuzaki

Affected Software

12 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.7.1
11.7.1
macOS<12.6.1
12.6.1
macOS Ventura<13
13
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.1
16.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16
16
Apple iOS and iPadOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.1
iPhone OS<15.7.1
iPhone OS=16.0
macOS>=11.0<11.7.1
macOS>=12.0.0<12.6.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11.7.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 12.6.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Ventura to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS and iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 16.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 16
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS and iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.7.1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.7.1
  8. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 13
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade curl to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 7.84.0
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS and iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.7.1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS and iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 16
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Monterey to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 12.6.1
  13. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 11.7.1

Event History

Oct 24, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Nov 1, 2022
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 the vulnerability ID for this issue?

The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2022-32941.

2

Who discovered this vulnerability?

This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

3

Which software versions are affected by this vulnerability?

The affected software versions include Apple iOS up to but not inclusive of version 16.1, Apple iPadOS up to but not inclusive of version 16, Apple macOS Monterey up to but not inclusive of version 12.6.1, Apple macOS Big Sur up to but not inclusive of version 11.7.1, Apple iOS up to but not inclusive of version 15.7.1, Apple iPadOS up to but not inclusive of version 15.7.1, and Apple macOS Ventura up to but not inclusive of version 13.

4

What is the severity of CVE-2022-32941?

The severity of CVE-2022-32941 is not mentioned in the provided information.

5

How was CVE-2022-32941 addressed?

CVE-2022-32941 was addressed with improved bounds checks.

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