CVE-2022-32872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access photos from the lock screen.

Published: 2022-09-20

Score: 2.4 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 15.7

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35938	A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access photos from the lock screen.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00086.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/39
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/40
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446

History

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-01-07T21:40:59.174Z

Reserved: 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-32872

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.291Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T21:15:10.870

Modified: 2026-01-07T22:15:41.807

Link: CVE-2022-32872

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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