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CVE-2022-22589

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22589 is a validation issue in Apple products, including iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, Safari, and macOS, that could allow for arbitrary JavaScript execution. This vulnerability, rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), requires user interaction (UI:R) and involves processing a maliciously crafted mail message. While it has a low EPSS score and no known exploit intelligence or community discussion, indicating a low current exploitation risk, affected systems should be updated to iOS/iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, Safari 15.3, or macOS Monterey 12.2 to mitigate the risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.15, < 10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0202 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: webkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.34.6-1.el8
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-22589Moderate

webkitgtk: Processing a maliciously crafted mail message may lead to running arbitrary javascript

Feb 9, 2022

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/May/33
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/May/35
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-39
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213053
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213054
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213057
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213058
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213059
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213185
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213255
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213256
Vendor Advisory