New Update Security Update 2022-005 Catalina

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Released July 20, 2022

APFS

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32832: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges

Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-32826: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

AppleScript

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary may result in unexpected termination or disclosure of process memory

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-32797: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Ye Zhang (@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

AppleScript

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary may result in unexpected termination or disclosure of process memory

Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2022-32853: Ye Zhang(@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security

CVE-2022-32851: Ye Zhang (@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security

AppleScript

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary may result in unexpected termination or disclosure of process memory

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2022-32831: Ye Zhang (@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security

Audio

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2022-32820: an anonymous researcher

Calendar

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user information

Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

CVE-2022-32805: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Calendar

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2022-32849: Joshua Jones

CoreText

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2022-32839: STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg)

FaceTime

Available for: macOS Catalina

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

File System Events

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-32819: Joshua Mason of Mandiant

ICU

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2022-32787: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs & DNSLab, Korea Univ.

ImageIO

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2022-32785: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)

Intel Graphics Driver

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32812: Yinyi Wu (@3ndy1), ABC Research s.r.o.

Intel Graphics Driver

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2022-32811: ABC Research s.r.o

Kernel

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32815: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

CVE-2022-32813: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

libxml2

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information

Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32823

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2022-32786: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

PackageKit

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-32800: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

PluginKit

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-32838: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

PS Normalizer

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted Postscript file may result in unexpected app termination or disclosure of process memory

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2022-32843: Kai Lu of Zscaler's ThreatLabz

SMB

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges

Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2022-32842: Sreejith Krishnan R (@skr0x1c0)

SMB

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: A user in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive information

Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2022-32799: Sreejith Krishnan R (@skr0x1c0)

Software Update

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: A user in a privileged network position can track a user’s activity

Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.

CVE-2022-32857: Jeffrey Paul (sneak.berlin)

Spindump

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files

Description: This issue was addressed with improved file handling.

CVE-2022-32807: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab

Spotlight

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges

Description: A validation issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

CVE-2022-26704: Joshua Mason of Mandiant

TCC

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user information

Description: An access issue was addressed with improvements to the sandbox.

CVE-2022-32834: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)

Vim

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: Multiple issues in Vim

Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating Vim.

CVE-2021-4136

CVE-2021-4166

CVE-2021-4173

CVE-2021-4187

CVE-2021-4192

CVE-2021-4193

CVE-2021-46059

CVE-2022-0128

Wi-Fi

Available for: macOS Catalina

Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-32847: Wang Yu of Cyberserval

About the security content of Security Update 2022-005 Catalina

This document describes the security content of Security Update 2022-005 Catalina.

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