How severe is CVE-2022-22587?

CVE-2022-22587 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2022-22587: Apple Memory Corruption

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-01-28

Remediation due

2022-02-11

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22587

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious 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..

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <15.3
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <12.2
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <11.6

References

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Other references

Record Details

Published

2022-03-18

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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