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CVE-2022-22589

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, Safari 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. Processing a maliciously crafted mail message may lead to running arbitrary javascript.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.3 — fixed in 15.3
• Apple Iphone Os: before 15.3 — fixed in 15.3
• macOS: from 10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.15.7, 10.15.7-security_update_2020, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-005, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-007, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-001 (+8) — fixed in 10.15.7
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.6.6; from 12.0.0 before 12.2 — fixed in 11.6.6, 12.2
• Apple Safari: before 15.3 — fixed in 15.3
• Apple tvOS: before 15.3 — fixed in 15.3
• Apple watchOS: before 8.4 — fixed in 8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 15.3; Apple Iphone Os 15.3; macOS 10.15.7; Apple macOS 11.6.6, 12.2; Apple Safari 15.3; Apple tvOS 15.3; Apple watchOS 8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213057
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213058
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213185
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33

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