CVE-2022-22661: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: from 11.6, before 11.6.5 (fixed in 11.6.5); from 12.0, before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3); version 10.15.7 only

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