Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22609

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 28.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3, watchOS 8.5. A malicious application may be able to read other applications' settings.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.4
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.3
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 15.4
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.5

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213193 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213186 x_refsource_MISC