Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.5 Apple Neural Engine Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Apple Neural Engine. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-32810. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.5 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Apple Neural Engine. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

The weakness was published 07/20/2022 by Mohamed Ghannam as HT213346 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-32810. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

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:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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 🔍
05/31/2025 +1044 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213346
Researcher: Mohamed Ghannam
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-32810 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-32810
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-204710
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2022 16:04
Updated: 05/31/2025 01:59
Changes: 07/21/2022 16:04 (18), 07/21/2022 16:07 (28), 08/16/2022 08:27 (1), 05/31/2025 01:59 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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