CVE-2022-46689
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2,...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-46689- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-46689- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-49478
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-49478- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-335h-x4pf-hpc2
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2,...
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.
- Record
GHSA-335h-x4pf-hpc2- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | macOS Dirty Cow Arbitrary File Write Local Privilege Escalation | 2022-12-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | ahkecha/McDirty | 2022-12-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | bomberfish/Mandela-Classic | 2023-02-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | bomberfish/Mandela-Legacy | 2023-01-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | enty8080/MacDirtyCow | 2023-03-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | ginsudev/WDBFontOverwrite | 2022-12-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | iswaxan/JailedCement | 2023-01-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | mineek/FileManager | 2022-12-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | straight-tamago/DockTransparent | 2023-01-04 |
| PoC in GitHub | straight-tamago/FileSwitcherX | 2023-01-05 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | straight-tamago/NoCameraSound | 2022-12-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | straight-tamago/NoHomeBar | 2023-01-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | tdquang266/MDC | 2023-04-16 |
| PoC in GitHub | zhuowei/MacDirtyCowDemo | 2022-12-17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-46689 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Apple Ipados, published December 15, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
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seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46689
github.com/advisories/GHSA-335h-x4pf-hpc2