What is CVE-2022-32844?

CVE-2022-32844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-32844?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Ipados

CVE-2022-32844

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2023-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Ipados
Apple Iphone OS
Apple tvOS — versions unspecified
Apple watchOS — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32844?: CVE-2022-32844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-32844?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.