CVE-2022-26771 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00257.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-31321	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-05-26T19:26:34.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T17:04:41.642Z

Reserved: 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-26771

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:11:44.487Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-26T20:15:09.930

Modified: 2025-05-30T17:15:22.247

Link: CVE-2022-26771

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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