critical9.8Known exploited
CVE-2022-22587
Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-01-28. Federal due date: 2022-02-11.
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Impact
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..
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 15.3 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 15.3 |
| Apple | Macos | before 11.6.3 from 12.0 before 12.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22587