Apple tvOS up to 15.5.1 Wi-Fi Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 15.5.1. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-32837. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 15.5.1 (Digital Media Player). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Wi-Fi. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

The weakness was published 07/20/2022 by Wang Yu as HT213342 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-32837. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory

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: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 15.6

Timelineinfo

06/09/2022 🔍
07/20/2022 +41 days 🔍
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07/21/2022 +1 days 🔍
05/29/2025 +1043 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213342
Researcher: Wang Yu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-32837 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-32837
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-204770

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2022 19:05
Updated: 05/29/2025 21:56
Changes: 07/21/2022 19:05 (5), 07/21/2022 19:06 (13), 07/21/2022 19:09 (27), 08/16/2022 13:31 (1), 05/29/2025 21:56 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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