What is CVE-2022-2294?

CVE-2022-2294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-2294?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2294 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-2294 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-08-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Buffer overflow in Apple Ipados

CVE-2022-2294

Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-07-28 · last modified 2026-08-04.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.708 (99.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.705 · newest: 0.708 · change: +0.004

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-08-25. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-09-15.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

crbug.com/1341043 (Permissions Required)
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2294?: CVE-2022-2294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-2294?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2294 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2022-2294 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-08-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.