Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22590

High 8.8

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 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, Safari 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.34.6-1.el8ALSA-2022:1777
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.34.6-1.el8ALSA-2022:1777
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.34.6-1.el8ALSA-2022:1777
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.34.6-1.el8ALSA-2022:1777
Alpine:v3.20webkit2gtk2.34.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-22590
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.34.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22590
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.34.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22590
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.34.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22590
Debian:12wpewebkit2.34.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22590
Debian:13wpewebkit2.34.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22590
Debian:14wpewebkit2.34.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22590
Rocky Linux:8webkit2gtk30:2.34.6-1.el8RLSA-2022:1777
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22590
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22590
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.35.3-1ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22590
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22590

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 15.3
Apple macOS unspecified – before 12.2
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 15.3
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 15.3
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 8.4

References