Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2022-0530

A flaw was found in Unzip. The vulnerability occurs during the conversion of a wide string to a local string that leads to a heap of out-of-bound write. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0530?
CVE-2022-0530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-0530?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0530 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.