What is CVE-2022-24960?

CVE-2022-24960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-24960?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-24960 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-24960

A use after free vulnerability was discovered in PDFTron SDK version 9.2.0. A crafted PDF can overwrite RIP with data previously allocated on the heap. This issue affects: PDFTron PDFTron SDK 9.2.0 on OSX; 9.2.0 on Linux; 9.2.0 on Windows.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2022-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.pdftron.com/nightly/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/suletm/security_research/blob/main/CVE/CVE-2022-24960.json (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24960?: CVE-2022-24960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-24960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24960 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.