CVE-2022-22658 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.0.3. Processing a maliciously crafted email message may lead to a denial-of-service.

Published: 2022-11-01

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-27803	An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.0.3. Processing a maliciously crafted email message may lead to a denial-of-service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00268.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213480

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T14:42:04.084Z

Reserved: 2022-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-22658

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:21:48.759Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:17.233

Modified: 2025-05-06T15:15:57.447

Link: CVE-2022-22658

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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