Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-28881

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant whereby the aerdl.dll component used in certain WithSecure products unpacker function crashes which leads to scanning engine crash. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-28881: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28881?
CVE-2022-28881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-28881?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-28881 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.