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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2022-22638)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2022-22638)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/15/2022
Created
03/16/2022
Added
03/15/2022
Modified
12/11/2023

Description

A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, watchOS 8.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2022-003-catalina
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_6_5
  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_3

References

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