CVE-2022-32893

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: August 24, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:48 AM UTC

8 products affected across 5 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 10%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score9.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 9.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 96% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Apple iOS and macOS contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution when processing malicious crafted web content.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Aug 18, 2022

Remediation Due

Sep 8, 2022

1512 days overdue

Notes

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213412, https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213413

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32893

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6.1 and iPadOS 15.6.1, macOS Monterey 12.5.1, Safari 15.6.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPadOS · Apple

95%

v < 15.6v < 15.6.1

Affected range stops below 15.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 15.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 15.6.1

Affected range stops below 15.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 12.512.0 ≤ v < 12.5.1

Affected range stops below 12.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 12.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Safari · Apple

95%

v < 15.6v < 15.6.1

Affected range stops below 15.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 15.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

10.0 11.0

Fedora · Fedora Projectrpm

95%

35 36

WebKitGTK · Webkitgtk

95%

v < 2.36.7

Affected range stops below 2.36.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wpewebkit · Wpewebkit

95%

v < 2.36.7

Affected range stops below 2.36.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references