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Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32888

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7, macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, watchOS 9, macOS Monterey 12.6, tvOS 16. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.38.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:2834
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.38.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:2256
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.38.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:2834
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.38.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:2256
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.38.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:2834
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.38.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:2256
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.38.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:2834
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.38.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:2256
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32888
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32888
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32888
Debian:12wpewebkit2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32888
Debian:13wpewebkit2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32888
Debian:14wpewebkit2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32888
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-32888
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-32888
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32888
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-5730-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-32888

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13
Apple macOS unspecified – before 16
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.7
Apple macOS unspecified – before 15.7
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 9
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 16
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 12.6

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

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