CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-22587

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2022-03-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability — Apple iOS and macOS

Apple IOMobileFrameBuffer contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Added to KEV
2022-01-28
Remediation due
2022-02-11
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22587
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-03-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

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..

Affected configurations

• apple ipados (< 15.3) • apple iphone os (< 15.3) • apple macos (< 11.6.3) • apple macos (>= 12.0 < 12.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References