Critical 9.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 18, 2022

CVE-2022-22587A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:40 PM ET)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Jan 28, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Feb 11, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Jan 28, 2022; federal remediation due Feb 11, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 11.64% (percentile 96)
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	from unspecified before 15.3	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	from unspecified before 12.2	CNA record
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 15.3	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 15.3	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	before 11.6.3; from 12.0 before 12.2	NVD

References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22587	third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

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