CVE-2022-22651: Apple macOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.6.5 (fixed in 11.6.5); from 12.0, before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3)

Published 2022-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.