What is CVE-2022-22781?

CVE-2022-22781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Meetings, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-22781?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zoom Meetings

CVE-2022-22781

The Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) prior to version 5.9.6 failed to properly check the package version during the update process. This could lead to a malicious actor updating an unsuspecting user’s currently installed version to a less secure version.

Published 2022-04-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Zoom Meetings
Zoom Video Communications Inc Client For Meetings macOS (Standard And It Admin) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-354 — Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

References

explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22781?: CVE-2022-22781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Meetings, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-22781?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.