CVE-2022-26709 (GCVE-0-2022-26709)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-01 00:00
Modified
2025-05-06 19:08
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, macOS Monterey 12.4, Safari 15.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213260Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213260Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 12.4
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 15.5
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 8.6
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 15.5
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 15.5
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