CVE-2022-32844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-11T19:42:23.086Z

Reserved: 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-32844

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.026Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T20:15:11.860

Modified: 2025-03-11T20:15:13.897

Link: CVE-2022-32844

Redhat

No data.

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