Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22633

High 7.8

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 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.5, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.4
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.3
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.5

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213186 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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/HT213184 x_refsource_MISC