Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-32922

High

Published: 01 November 2022

Published
01 November 2022
Modified
06 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0085 75.3th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-32922 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Safari. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

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 Safari 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
safari
≤ 16.1
apple
ipados
≤ 16.0
apple
iphone os
≤ 16.1
apple
macos
≤ 13.0

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