VDB-212117 · CVE-2022-1622 · HT213488

Apple macOS ImageIO denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ImageIO. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-1622. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/24/2022 as HT213488 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-1622. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue. The advisory points out:

Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service

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

A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-24911). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

macOS

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (GitLab Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: gitlab.com

Timelineinfo

05/09/2022 🔍
10/24/2022 +168 days 🔍
10/24/2022 +0 days 🔍
10/25/2022 +1 days 🔍
04/09/2026 +1262 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213488
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-1622 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1622
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212117
EUVD: 🔍
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 10/25/2022 08:37
Updated: 04/09/2026 17:19
Changes: 10/25/2022 08:37 (16), 10/25/2022 08:41 (28), 11/23/2022 12:00 (4), 11/23/2022 12:08 (19), 04/09/2026 17:19 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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