Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.5 Apple Neural Engine sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.5. This affects an unknown function of the component Apple Neural Engine. The manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-32845. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.5 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Apple Neural Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

The weakness was disclosed 07/20/2022 by Mohamed Ghannam as HT213346 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-32845. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/22/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1611 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to break out of its sandbox

Upgrading to version 15.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue was addressed with improved checks.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 15.6

Timelineinfo

06/09/2022 🔍
07/20/2022 +41 days 🔍
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07/21/2022 +1 days 🔍
05/22/2025 +1036 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213346
Researcher: Mohamed Ghannam
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-32845 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-32845
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-204707
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2022 16:02
Updated: 05/22/2025 16:25
Changes: 07/21/2022 16:02 (8), 07/21/2022 16:03 (10), 07/21/2022 16:06 (29), 08/16/2022 08:18 (1), 05/22/2025 16:25 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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