Exploitation Summary
CVE-2022-22587 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added January 28, 2022.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22587
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
62.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-01-28
VulnCheck KEV
2022-01-26
InTheWild.io
2022-01-26
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2022-27732
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
apple/ipados
< 15.3
apple/iphone_os
< 15.3
apple/macos
< 11.6.3
Published
Mar 18, 2022
KEV Added
Jan 28, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026