CVE-2022-32894

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

3.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

a9f430331e4c25d74a9db963ed902bb75f113b33e53cb20957001e3a22bc6b7b

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213412
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213413
• seclists.org20220831 APPLE-SA-2022-08-31-1 iOS 12.5.6http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Aug/16mailing-list
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213486
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-13 watchOS 9http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/49mailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-9 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45mailing-list
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-32894government-resource