Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.3.1 FaceTime information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.3.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component FaceTime. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-22643. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component FaceTime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2022 by Sonali Luthar as HT213182 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-22643. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/28/2026). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A user may send audio and video in a FaceTime call without knowing that they have done so

Upgrading to version 15.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue was addressed with improved checks.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-27788). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 15.4

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01/05/2022 🔍
03/14/2022 +68 days 🔍
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03/15/2022 +1 days 🔍
04/28/2026 +1505 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213182
Researcher: Sonali Luthar
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-194957
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 09:00
Updated: 04/28/2026 11:10
Changes: 03/15/2022 09:00 (18), 03/15/2022 09:03 (29), 03/17/2022 08:05 (1), 04/28/2026 11:10 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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