CVE-2022-32788 — A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified
Apple	tvOS	unspecified
Apple	watchOS	unspecified
Apple	watchOS	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-20T20:19:07.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-28T15:49:51.074Z

09References

• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346