Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-26764

Medium

Published: 26 May 2022

Published
26 May 2022
Modified
30 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.2th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-26764 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass…

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kernel memory mitigations.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 15.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 15.5
apple
macos
12.0 — 12.4
apple
tvos
≤ 15.5
apple
watchos
≤ 8.6

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.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References