CVE-2022-46689

highpriority · attend · 55EPSS 0.482 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

14 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

48.2% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimary

exploits (14)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/osx/local/mac_dirty_cowmacOS Dirty Cow Arbitrary File Write Local Privilege Escalationweaponized · metasploit
ahkecha/McDirtyCVE-2022-46689 POCPoC · poc_in_github
bomberfish/Mandela-ClassiciOS customization app powered by CVE-2022-46689. No jailbreak required.PoC · poc_in_github
bomberfish/Mandela-LegacyiOS customization app powered by CVE-2022-46689PoC · poc_in_github
enty8080/MacDirtyCowExample of CVE-2022-46689 aka MacDirtyCow.PoC · poc_in_github
ginsudev/WDBFontOverwriteProof-of-concept app to overwrite fonts on iOS using CVE-2022-46689.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS <12.5.7all versionscert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 12.5.7cert_bundDE
Apple macOSunspecified → 11.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 12.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 13.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 15.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 16.2enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 9.2enisa_euvdEU
apple ipados< 15.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os16.0 → 16.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 11.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos12.0 → 12.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos13.0 → 13.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari< 16.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos< 16.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos< 9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2313Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um den Benutzer zu täuschen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, Rechte zu erweitern und beliebigen Code mit Kernel-Rechten auszuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2022-2321Apple iOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2022-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-15modified 2026-06-17

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references (49)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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