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CVE-2022-22675

CVE-2022-22675HIGH

Apple macOS

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .1249   96.1   YES

AFFECTED
  Product         Versions       Fixed
  iOS and iPadOS  unspecified –  —
  macOS           unspecified –  —
  watchOS         unspecified –  —
  watchOS         unspecified –  —
  watchOS         unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  Jan 5   Reserved by apple
  Apr 4   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-25
  May 26  Published (CNA: apple)

CWE-787 · CNA: apple · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · KEV due April 25, 2022

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
January 5, 2022	Reserved	Reserved by apple
April 4, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-25
May 26, 2022	Published	Published (CNA: apple)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 5 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	—	unspecified	—
Apple	macOS	—	unspecified	—
Apple	watchOS	—	unspecified	—
Apple	watchOS	—	unspecified	—
Apple	watchOS	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (6)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213219 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213220 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22675 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-22675 at cve.org

Vendors: apple

Weaknesses: CWE-787

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-22675 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, October 7, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.