Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-22641

Critical

Published: 18 March 2022

Published
18 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0085 75.3th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-22641 is a critical-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 15.4
apple
iphone os
≤ 15.4
apple
macos
12.0 — 12.3
apple
tvos
≤ 15.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References