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A privacy issue existed in the handling of Contact cards. This was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to acces...

CVE-2022-22644 · published 4 years ago
Summary

A privacy issue existed in the handling of Contact cards. This was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to access information about a user's contacts.

What to do
  • Update apple macos to version 12.3 or later.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
apple macos >= 12.0, < 12.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Original advisory text
A privacy issue existed in the handling of Contact cards. This was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to acces...
A privacy issue existed in the handling of Contact cards. This was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to access information about a user's contacts.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
5.5 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published18 Mar 2022
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2022-22644 · NVD
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