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CVE-2022-22587

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2022-03-18 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source product-security@apple.com

Summary

CVE-2022-22587 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Apple iOS and macOS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 28, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by February 11, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apple has 95 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.

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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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787CWE-787

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Apple — iOS and macOS

Name: Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-01-28 · Due: 2022-02-11

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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