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About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.4

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# About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.4 This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.4. ## About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the [Apple security updates](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222>) page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by [CVE-ID](<http://cve.mitre.org/about/>) when possible. For more information about security, see the [Apple Product Security](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201220>) page. ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## macOS Monterey 12.4 Released May 16, 2022 **AMD** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2022-26772: an anonymous researcher **AMD** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2022-26741: ABC Research s.r.o CVE-2022-26742: ABC Research s.r.o CVE-2022-26749: ABC Research s.r.o CVE-2022-26750: ABC Research s.r.o CVE-2022-26752: ABC Research s.r.o CVE-2022-26753: ABC Research s.r.o CVE-2022-26754: ABC Research s.r.o **apache** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Multiple issues in apache Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating apache to version 2.4.53. CVE-2021-44224 CVE-2021-44790 CVE-2022-22719 CVE-2022-22720 CVE-2022-22721 **AppleGraphicsControl** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26751: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative **AppleMobileFileIntegrity** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A user may be able to view sensitive user information Description: An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2022-26707: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing Entry added July 6, 2022 **AppleScript** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary may result in unexpected application termination or disclosure of process memory Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26697: Qi Sun and Robert Ai of Trend Micro **AppleScript** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary may result in unexpected application termination or disclosure of process memory Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2022-26698: Qi Sun of Trend Micro, Ye Zhang (@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security Entry updated July 6, 2022 **AVEVideoEncoder** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2022-26736: an anonymous researcher CVE-2022-26737: an anonymous researcher CVE-2022-26738: an anonymous researcher CVE-2022-26739: an anonymous researcher CVE-2022-26740: an anonymous researcher **Bluetooth** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app may gain unauthorized access to Bluetooth Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-32783: Jon Thompson of Evolve (Des Moines, IA) Entry added July 6, 2022 **Contacts** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A plug-in may be able to inherit the application's permissions and access user data Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-26694: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing **CVMS** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed. CVE-2022-26721: Yonghwi Jin (@jinmo123) of Theori CVE-2022-26722: Yonghwi Jin (@jinmo123) of Theori **DriverKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2022-26763: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de) **FaceTime** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to access private information Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. CVE-2022-32781: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing Entry added July 6, 2022 **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An integer overflow issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26711: actae0n of Blacksun Hackers Club working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Photo location information may persist after it is removed with Preview Inspector Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2022-26725: Andrew Williams and Avi Drissman of Google **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2022-26720: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26769: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26770: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26748: Jeonghoon Shin of Theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26756: Jack Dates of RET2 Systems, Inc **IOKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking. CVE-2022-26701: chenyuwang (@mzzzz__) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab **IOMobileFrameBuffer** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2022-26768: an anonymous researcher **Kernel** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An attacker that has already achieved code execution in macOS Recovery may be able to escalate to kernel privileges Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2022-26743: Jordy Zomer (@pwningsystems) **Kernel** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2022-26714: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng (@peternguyen14) of STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg) **Kernel** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2022-26757: Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero **Kernel** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2022-26764: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de) **Kernel** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2022-26765: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de) **LaunchServices** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third-party applications. CVE-2022-26706: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Jonathan Bar Or of Microsoft Entry updated July 6, 2022 **LaunchServices** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. CVE-2022-26767: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing **Libinfo** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-32882: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab Entry added September 16, 2022 **libresolv** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-32790: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team Entry added June 21, 2022 **libresolv** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-26776: Zubair Ashraf of Crowdstrike, Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team CVE-2022-26708: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team **libresolv** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26775: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team **LibreSSL** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to a denial of service Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-0778 **libxml2** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2022-23308 **OpenSSL** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-0778 **PackageKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2022-32794: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Entry added October 4, 2022 **PackageKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2022-22617: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Entry added July 6, 2022 **PackageKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. CVE-2022-26712: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) **PackageKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. CVE-2022-26727: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) **Photo Booth** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to access private information Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime. CVE-2022-32782: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing Entry added July 6, 2022 **Preview** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A plug-in may be able to inherit the application's permissions and access user data Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-26693: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing **Printing** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. CVE-2022-26746: @gorelics **Safari Private Browsing** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious website may be able to track users in Safari private browsing mode Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2022-26731: an anonymous researcher **Security** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious app may be able to bypass signature validation Description: A certificate parsing issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-26766: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de) **SMB** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2022-26715: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng of STAR Labs **SMB** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26718: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng of STAR Labs **SMB** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted Samba network share may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-26723: Felix Poulin-Belanger **SoftwareUpdate** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to access restricted files Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. CVE-2022-26728: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) **Spotlight** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. CVE-2022-26704: Joshua Mason of Mandiant Entry updated July 6, 2022 **TCC** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An app may be able to capture a user's screen Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2022-26726: Antonio Cheong Yu Xuan of YCISCQ Entry updated May 11, 2023 **Tcl** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox Description: This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization. CVE-2022-26755: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) **Terminal** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions Description: This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization. CVE-2022-26696: Ron Waisberg, Ron Hass (@ronhass7) of Perception Point, and Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing Entry added September 16, 2022, updated May 11, 2023 **WebKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. WebKit Bugzilla: 238178 CVE-2022-26700: ryuzaki **WebKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. WebKit Bugzilla: 236950 CVE-2022-26709: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab WebKit Bugzilla: 237475 CVE-2022-26710: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab WebKit Bugzilla: 238171 CVE-2022-26717: Jeonghoon Shin of Theori **WebKit** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. WebKit Bugzilla: 238183 CVE-2022-26716: SorryMybad (@S0rryMybad) of Kunlun Lab WebKit Bugzilla: 238699 CVE-2022-26719: Dongzhuo Zhao working with ADLab of Venustech **WebRTC** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Video self-preview in a webRTC call may be interrupted if the user answers a phone call Description: A logic issue in the handling of concurrent media was addressed with improved state handling. WebKit Bugzilla: 237524 CVE-2022-22677: an anonymous researcher **Wi-Fi** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may disclose restricted memory Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2022-26745: Scarlet Raine Entry updated July 6, 2022 **Wi-Fi** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2022-26761: Wang Yu of Cyberserval **Wi-Fi** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2022-26762: Wang Yu of Cyberserval **zip** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial of service Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2022-0530 **zlib** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2018-25032: Tavis Ormandy **zsh** Available for: macOS Monterey Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed by updating to zsh version 5.8.1. CVE-2021-45444 ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## Additional recognition **AppleMobileFileIntegrity** We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance. **Bluetooth** We would like to acknowledge Jann Horn of Project Zero for their assistance. **Calendar** We would like to acknowledge Eugene Lim of Government Technology Agency of Singapore for their assistance. **FaceTime** We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance. **FileVault** We would like to acknowledge Benjamin Adolphi of Promon Germany GmbH for their assistance. **Login Window** We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for their assistance. **Photo Booth** We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance. **System Preferences** We would like to acknowledge Mohammad Tausif Siddiqui (@toshsiddiqui) and an anonymous researcher for their assistance. Entry updated May 25, 2022 **WebKit** We would like to acknowledge James Lee and an anonymous researcher for their assistance. Entry updated May 25, 2022 **Wi-Fi** We would like to acknowledge Dana Morrison for their assistance. Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. [Contact the vendor](<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2693>) for additional information. Published Date: May 11, 2023


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
macos monterey 12.4

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