High 8.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 18, 2022

CVE-2022-22620A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:20 UTC)

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It affects Apple Safari (v and ) and 4 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

CISA lists it as known exploited since Feb 11, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Feb 25, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.2.1, iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, Safari 15.3 (v. 16612.4.9.1.8 and 15612.4.9.1.8). Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Feb 11, 2022; federal remediation due Feb 25, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 16.34% (percentile 97)
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple Safari (v and ) apple:safari_v_and (from the name)	from unspecified before 15.3	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	from unspecified before 12.2	CNA record
apple safari apple:safari	before 15.3	NVD
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 15.3.1	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 15.3.1	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 12.0.0 before 12.2.1	NVD

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213091x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213092x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213093x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22620third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

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