CVE-2022-32842: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

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

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