CVE-2022-46689

high

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531

https://github.com/BomberFish/Mandela-Rewritten

https://github.com/BomberFish/Mandela-Classic

https://github.com/straight-tamago/FileSwitcherPro

https://github.com/BomberFish/JailedCement

https://github.com/BomberFish/Mandela-Legacy

https://github.com/BomberFish/Mandela

https://github.com/straight-tamago/FileSwitcherX

https://github.com/straight-tamago/DockTransparent

https://github.com/straight-tamago/NoHomeBar

https://github.com/mineek/FileManager

https://github.com/spinfal/CVE-2022-46689

https://github.com/straight-tamago/NoCameraSound

https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2022-46689

https://github.com/zhuowei/MacDirtyCowDemo

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.44678