CVE-2022-22578

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.98% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.3, iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferred

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 15.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.2enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 15.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 8.4enisa_euvdEU
apple ipados< 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 12.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos< 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos< 8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1213Apple macOS (Monterey): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-01-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS (Monterey) ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Kernel-Privilegien auszuführen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-18modified 2026-06-17

references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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