CVE-2022-32893

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-18. Federal remediation due 2022-09-08.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

9.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-08-24 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-06-09

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

23097624934e84c0680a244a7f2a5538ac8a68e8fc41716bd857082b7f5e99cf

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213414
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213412
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213413
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220825 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0008http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/25/5mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220826 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0008http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/26/2mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-eada5f24a0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SETAAXEPGNBMYKTUDFEZHS5LGSQ64QL/vendor-advisory
• www.debian.orgDSA-5220https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5220vendor-advisory
• www.debian.orgDSA-5219https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5219vendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220829 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0008http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/29/1mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220829 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0008http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/29/2mailing-list
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220830 [SECURITY] [DLA 3087-1] webkit2gtk security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00019.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-39https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39vendor-advisory
• seclists.org20220831 APPLE-SA-2022-08-31-1 iOS 12.5.6http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Aug/16mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220902 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0008http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/10mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-ddfeee50c9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKJGV2EXVMYQW3OAJNI4WUTKKVMD2YYK/vendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220913 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0008http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/13/1mailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-13 watchOS 9http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/49mailing-list
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-32893government-resource