CVE-2022-32917

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-09-14. Federal remediation due 2022-10-05.

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

5.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.2% 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:L/UI:N/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

2022-09-20 00:00Z3 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

296a79f44f7c7d767fe0a185abe616376256148012a44514d191ac250d6c0542

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213443
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213444
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-1 iOS 16http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/39mailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-2 iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/40mailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-4 macOS Monterey 12.6http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43mailing-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-2022-32917government-resource