Buffer overflow in Apple Ipados

CVE-2022-37434

zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field. NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some common applications bundle the affe…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.160 (96.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37434?
CVE-2022-37434 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-37434?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-37434 known to be exploited?
48 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.