System crash or kernel-memory write via bounds error
Published Nov 1, 2022 · Updated May 6, 2025
Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and tvOS before 16 and watchOS before 9 allows local users to crash the system or write kernel memory. The Wi-Fi component writes beyond a buffer because its bounds checks are inadequate, but Apple has not disclosed the affected routine or input. Exploitation requires execution of a malicious app on a supported device; the documented consequences are a system crash or kernel-memory modification.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and tvOS before 16 and watchOS before 9 allows local users to crash the system or write kernel memory. The Wi-Fi component writes beyond a buffer because its bounds checks are inadequate, but Apple has not disclosed the affected routine or input. Exploitation requires execution of a malicious app on a supported device; the documented consequences are a system crash or kernel-memory modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-32925
- Published
- Nov 1, 2022
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 1, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <16
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