Apple macOS up to 12.1 IOMobileFrameBuffer memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple macOS. This affects an unknown function of the component IOMobileFrameBuffer. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-22587. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component IOMobileFrameBuffer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

The weakness was presented 01/26/2022 as HT213054 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-22587. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

It is declared as attacked. This issue was added on 01/28/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 02/11/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 12.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Zero-Day.cz (682). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 5.3
• 5.11
• 10.8.5
• 10.9.5
• 10.10
• 10.10.1
• 10.10.2
• 10.10.3
• 10.12
• 10.12.0
• 10.12.1
• 10.12.2
• 10.12.3
• 10.12.4
• 10.12.5
• 10.12.6
• 10.13
• 10.13.0
• 10.13.1
• 10.13.2
• 10.13.3
• 10.13.4
• 10.13.5
• 10.13.5 2018-003
• 10.13.6
• 10.14
• 10.14.1
• 10.14.2
• 10.14.4
• 10.14.5
• 10.14.6
• 10.15
• 10.15.0
• 10.15.1
• 10.15.2
• 10.15.3
• 10.15.4
• 10.15.5
• 10.15.6
• 10.15.7
• 11.0.1
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.3
• 11.3
• 11.3.1
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.6.6
• 11.7
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.5
• 11.7.9
• 12.0.1
• 12.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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