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
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
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.