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CVE-2022-22611

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22611 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and iTunes for Windows. It allows for arbitrary code execution when processing a maliciously crafted image, stemming from insufficient input validation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
< 15.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0, < 12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT213182
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213183
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213186
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213188
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213193
Vendor Advisory