Apple watchOS up to 8.4.2 WebKit information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 8.4.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-22662. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 8.4.2 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2022 by Prakash as HT213193 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-22662. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information

Upgrading to version 8.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-2044). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

Amazon Linux 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Linux
Red Hat OpenShift
Gentoo Linux
RESF Rocky Linux

Productinfo

Type

Smartwatch Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

watchOS

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

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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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: watchOS 8.5

Timelineinfo

01/05/2022 🔍
03/14/2022 +68 days 🔍
03/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/15/2022 +1 days 🔍
11/30/2025 +1356 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213193
Researcher: Prakash
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22662 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22662
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195007
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-2044 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 09:28
Updated: 11/30/2025 06:15
Changes: 03/15/2022 09:28 (18), 03/15/2022 09:31 (28), 03/17/2022 11:06 (1), 11/30/2025 06:15 (21)
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