CVE-2022-22633

Apple Security Advisory 2022-03-14-4

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.5, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Se abordó un problema de corrupción de memoria con una administración de estados mejorada. Este problema es corregido en watchOS versión 8.5, iOS versión 15.4 y iPadOS versión 15.4, macOS Big Sur versión 11.6.5, macOS Monterey versión 12.3. Abrir un archivo PDF diseñado de forma maliciosa puede conllevar a una finalización no esperada de la aplicación o una ejecución de código arbitrario

iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 addresses buffer overflow, bypass, code execution, denial of service, null pointer, out of bounds read, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-05 CVE Reserved
2022-03-15 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-04-11 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182	2022-10-11
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183	2022-10-11
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184	2022-10-11
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213193	2022-10-11
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213186	2022-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				< 15.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " < 15.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 15.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 15.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				< 12.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " < 12.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				< 15.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos" and version " < 15.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				< 8.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version " < 8.5"		-		Affected