High 7.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published May 26, 2022

CVE-2022-22675An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 4, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 25, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1. An 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: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Apr 4, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 25, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 12.49% (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 15.4	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	from unspecified before 12.3	CNA record
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name)	from unspecified before 8.6	CNA record
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 15.4.1	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 15.4.1	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 11.0 before 11.6.6; from 12.0.0 before 12.3.1	NVD
apple tvos apple:tvos	before 15.5	NVD
apple watchos apple:watchos	before 8.6	NVD

References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213220	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213219	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254	x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22675	third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

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