Actively exploited · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22587

Critical 9.8 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity out-of-bounds write in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 28, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 11.6% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)11.6%top 3.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jan 28, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Feb 11, 2022.

Official 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..

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.3
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.2
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22587 government-resource