CVE-2022-26717

HIGH 8.8CVE-2022-26717 · Published 01/11/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-26717 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting itunes (apple), safari (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 81.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 12.12.4, 15.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
itunes apple	`< 12.12.4`	`12.12.4`
safari apple	`< 15.5`	`15.5`

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, Safari 15.5, iTunes 12.12.4 for Windows. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213259 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213260 · Release Notes

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

itunes

apple

< 12.12.4

12.12.4

safari

apple

< 15.5

15.5

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