Apple Safari up to 15.3 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 15.3. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-22610. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 15.3 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3, Safari 15.4, watchOS 8.5, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.

The weakness was released 03/15/2022 by Quan Yin as HT213187 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-22610. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/23/2025). The advisory points out:

Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

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:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: 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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Upgrade: Safari 15.4

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01/05/2022 🔍
03/15/2022 +69 days 🔍
03/15/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2022 +3 days 🔍
05/23/2025 +1162 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213187
Researcher: Quan Yin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22610 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22610
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195446

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2022 21:47
Updated: 05/23/2025 02:16
Changes: 03/18/2022 21:47 (19), 03/18/2022 21:50 (27), 03/20/2022 15:05 (1), 05/23/2025 02:16 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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