CVE-2022-32797: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. Processing a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary may result in unexpected termination or disclosure of process memory.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); from 11.0, before 11.6.8 (fixed in 11.6.8); from 12.0, before 12.5 (fixed in 12.5); version 10.15.7 only

Published 2022-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.