Apple macOS WebKit buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-22629. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2022 by Jeonghoon Shin as HT213183 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-22629. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/30/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-2044). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213183
Researcher: Jeonghoon Shin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22629 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195092
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-2044 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 10:45
Updated: 11/30/2025 06:15
Changes: 03/15/2022 10:45 (14), 03/15/2022 10:46 (3), 03/15/2022 10:49 (28), 03/18/2022 08:53 (1), 11/30/2025 06:15 (21)
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