CVE-2022-22587
Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 11 February 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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..
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.64% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 28 January 2022 · due 11 February 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 11.6% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22587
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/HT213055Release 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/HT213055Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22587Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.