CVE-2022-32893
Apple iOS and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 8 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6.1 and iPadOS 15.6.1, macOS Monterey 12.5.1, Safari 15.6.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.93% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 18 August 2022 · due 8 September 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · webkitgtk/webkitgtk · wpewebkit/wpe webkit
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 9.9% 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://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213412, https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213413; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32893
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Aug/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/49Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/25/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/29/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/29/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SETAAXEPGNBMYKTUDFEZHS5LGSQ64QL/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKJGV2EXVMYQW3OAJNI4WUTKKVMD2YYK/Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213412Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213413Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213414Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5219Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5220Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Aug/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/49Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/25/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/29/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/29/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SETAAXEPGNBMYKTUDFEZHS5LGSQ64QL/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKJGV2EXVMYQW3OAJNI4WUTKKVMD2YYK/Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213412Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.