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Evidence dossier
CVE-2022-22587
CVE-2022-22587
gen-56ccdaf9Normalized restatement
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..
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Mar 18, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Evidence coverage
- 72%
2026-07-18 · v2026.06.15 · percentile 95.6%
Distinct CVSS assessments remain side by side; none are averaged.
Source comparison
Who said what
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..
Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Probability 0.116380000000; percentile 0.955760000000
Applicability
Cited product scope
[{"status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "lessThan": "15.3", "versionType": "custom"}]unknown[{"status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "lessThan": "12.2", "versionType": "custom"}]unknown[{"status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "lessThan": "11.6", "versionType": "custom"}]unknowncpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; end excluding 15.3supportedcpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; end excluding 15.3supportedcpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; end excluding 11.6.3supportedcpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including 12.0; end excluding 12.2supportedAssessments
CVSS by origin
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLimitations and unknowns
- KEV membership is authoritative for the catalog, not proof of exposure in any environment.
- EPSS is a dated model probability and not an individual-environment prediction.
- Affected or fixed status applies only to the exact cited product and version scope; unresolved scope remains unknown.
- NVD-carried upstream facts remain derivative and are not independent corroboration.
- Only NVD metrics validated under the generation-bound calculator are Public Priority eligible; direct CVE record metrics remain display-only.
- NVD CVSS source eligibility is closed: NVD-authored, exact record-source, or registered same-CVE container origin; unmapped sources remain display-only.
- Factor D is unknown in Public Core because no accepted canonical mapping-obligation ledger is present.
- Core replay supports the active and immediately prior generation; retrospective valid-at replay is deferred.