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Vulnerability details: VCID-wz19-faxc-xufe
Vulnerability ID VCID-wz19-faxc-xufe
Aliases CVE-2022-22620
Summary A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.2.1, iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, Safari 15.3 (v. 16612.4.9.1.8 and 15612.4.9.1.8). 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..
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-22620.json
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03877 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03979 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
epss 0.03979 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22620
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22620
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2649
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2650
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
ssvc Attend https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213091
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213091
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213092
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213092
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213093
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213093
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-22620.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-22620
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22589
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22590
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22592
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22620
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
202208-39 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
2056474 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056474
AVG-2649 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2649
AVG-2650 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2650
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-22620 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22620
HT213091 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213091
HT213092 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213092
HT213093 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213093
RHSA-2022:1777 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1777
RHSA-2025:10364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10364
Data source KEV
Date added Feb. 11, 2022
Description Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
Required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Due date Feb. 25, 2022
Note 
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22620
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-22620.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

unchanged

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high

low

none

high

low

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low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22620
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22620
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-01-29T16:36:15Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213091
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

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high

low

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low

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-01-29T16:36:15Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213091
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213092
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-01-29T16:36:15Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213092
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213093
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-01-29T16:36:15Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213093
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87799
EPSS Score 0.03877
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:08:34.782400+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.17/community.json 37.0.0