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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2022-46689 in the critical feed json

A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

published 2022-12-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-49478

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
48.2%
EPSS 48.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Apple macOS 11.7
  • Apple tvOS 12.6, 13.1, 15.7, 16.2
  • Apple watchOS 9.2

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/osx/local/mac_dirty_cow)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

48.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Apple macOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple watchOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.