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CVE-2022-22629

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22629 is a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple Apple products, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Safari, tvOS, watchOS, and iTunes for Windows. This flaw, addressed by improved memory handling in various updates, could allow an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into processing maliciously crafted web content. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it requires user interaction but has low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 91/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or 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:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0402 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

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: webkit2gtk3-0:2.36.7-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.36.7-1.el9
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-22629Moderate

webkitgtk: Buffer overflow leading to arbitrary code execution

Apr 8, 2022

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT213182
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213183
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213186
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213187
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213188
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213193
Release NotesVendor Advisory