Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22638

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-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 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 19.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, watchOS 8.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack.

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	macOS	unspecified – before 2022
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/HT213184 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213186 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 x_refsource_MISC