Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22666

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 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.6% 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 validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.4
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/HT213186 x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167144/AppleVideoDecoder-CreateHeaderBuffer-Out-Of-Bounds-Free.html x_refsource_MISC