apple safari CVE-2022-22620 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on March 18, 2022

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A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.2.1, iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, Safari 15.3 (v. 16612.4.9.1.8 and 15612.4.9.1.8). 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..

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple Webkit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple Webkit, which impacts iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, contains a vulnerability which allows for remote code execution.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by February 25, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-22620 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2022-22620 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-22620

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Affected Versions

Apple Safari (v and ): Apple macOS: Apple macOS:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
4.02%
Percentile
88.50%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.