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VulnerabilityCVE-2022-32917Published 2022-09-20

CVE-2022-32917 — Apple Ipados

highCISA KEVPublic exploit1 PoC repo

As of 2025-10-21, CVE-2022-32917 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 5.6% (92.7th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-09-14), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2022-10-05. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2022-32917, most recently “Coruna iOS Exploit Kit — 23 Exploits Across 5 Chains Targeting iOS 13-17.2.1 (CVE-2021-30952, CVE-2023-41974, CVE-2023-43000 + 20 More)”.

CVSS v3.1
7.8/10High
EPSS
5.6%Higher than 92.7% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
ListedAdded · due 2022-10-05
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
9/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2025-10-21
CVSS v3.1 7.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 5.6% (higher than 92.7% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2022-09-20

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What is CVE-2022-32917?

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

The record classifies CVE-2022-32917 under weakness class CWE-787. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1503 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2022-09-14, federal remediation deadline 2022-10-05
Threadlinqs priority
9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published
2022-09-20, last modified 2025-10-21

Is CVE-2022-32917 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2022-32917 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-09-14, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2022-10-05 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2022-32917 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 46 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • Apple: Ipados, Iphone Os, Macos

How to fix CVE-2022-32917

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2022-32917. Patch reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446. Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213443. Because CVE-2022-32917 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2022-10-05. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2022-32917

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2022-32917, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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