Use-after-free in Apple iOS and iPadOS - CVE-2022-22590

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU60037

Use-after-free in Apple iOS and iPadOS - CVE-2022-22590

Published: January 26, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60037
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22590
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Apple iOS
iPadOS
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
watchOS
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
tvOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
Ubuntu
Fedora
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
wpewebkit (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari

How to mitigate CVE-2022-22590

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apple iOS - update to 15.3 19D50
iPadOS - update to 15.3 19D50
WPE WebKit - update to 2.34.5
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.34.5
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.34.6-1~deb10u1, 2.34.6-1~deb11u1
wpewebkit (Debian package) - update to 2.34.6-1~deb11u1
watchOS - update to 8.4 19S546
macOS - update to 12.2 21D49
Apple Safari - update to 15.3
tvOS - update to 15.3 19K547
webkit2gtk3 - addressed in versions 2.34.5-1.fc34, 2.34.5-1.fc35, 2.34.6-1.fc34
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.5-2.85.3, 2.34.6-3.97.1, 2.34.6-29.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.34.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.34.6-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.34.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.34.6-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.34.6-1.el8
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.36.7
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

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