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OS X update for AVEVideoEncoder (CVE-2022-26740)

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OS X update for AVEVideoEncoder (CVE-2022-26740)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/26/2022
Created
06/02/2022
Added
06/01/2022
Modified
07/19/2024

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_4

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