Vulnerability · Published Sep 20, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32872

Low 2.4

In plain English

A low-severity improper access control in iOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.4Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access photos from the lock screen.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before 16
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.7

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-1 iOS 16 mailing-list
20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-2 iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7 mailing-list