VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-22578
A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.3, iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213057Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213057Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.