Apple macOS up to 12.3 Intel Graphics Driver out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 12.3. This affects an unknown function of the component Intel Graphics Driver. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-26770. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 12.3 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Intel Graphics Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/16/2022 by Liu Long as HT213257 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-26770. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Upgrading to version 12.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 12.4

Timelineinfo

03/08/2022 🔍
05/16/2022 +68 days 🔍
05/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/18/2022 +2 days 🔍
05/31/2025 +1108 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213257
Researcher: Liu Long
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-200153
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2022 07:22
Updated: 05/31/2025 00:36
Changes: 05/18/2022 07:22 (19), 05/18/2022 07:25 (28), 05/24/2022 17:15 (1), 05/28/2022 13:34 (1), 05/31/2025 00:36 (32)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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