CVE-2022-26769 (GCVE-0-2022-26769)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-26 19:24
Modified
2025-05-30 18:38
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VLAI Severity ?
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CWE
- A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Summary
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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Impacted products
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