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CVE-2022-26708

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Macos

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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