01 Record

CVE-2022-32917

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An application may be able to execute arbitrary

HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: apple

CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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02 Description

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An application may be able to execute arbitrary

03 Exploitation and scoring

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

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.7% 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.

04 Metadata

Published

2022-09-20 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z1 YR 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

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

AppleiOS< 16—

ApplemacOS< 11.7, < 15.7, < 12.6—

06 References

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