What is CVE-2022-32785?

CVE-2022-32785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-32785?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Apple Ipados

CVE-2022-32785

A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service.

Published 2022-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apple Ipados
Apple Iphone OS
Apple macOS — versions unspecified, 10.15.7
Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.15.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32785?: CVE-2022-32785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-32785?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.