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CVE-2022-22630

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.3, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina. A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Affected products

• macOS: 10.15.7, 10.15.7-security_update_2020, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-005, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-007, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-001 (+8)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.6.6; from 12.0 before 12.3 — fixed in 11.6.6, 12.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 11.6.6, 12.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256

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