Actively exploited · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22675

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 4, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 12.5% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)12.5%top 3.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Apr 4, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 25, 2022.

Official description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1. An 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 15.4
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.3
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.5
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 11.6

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

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213220 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213219 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22675 government-resource