Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-32885

High

Published: 08 May 2023

Published
08 May 2023
Modified
29 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-32885 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Apple Safari. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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 iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Safari 15.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
safari
≤ 15.6
apple
ipados
≤ 15.6
apple
iphone os
≤ 15.6
apple
macos
12.0.0 — 12.5

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