Is CVE-2022-46689 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-46689 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-46689?

CVE-2022-46689 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-46689?

CVE-2022-46689 has an EPSS score of 44.68% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-46689?

Upgrade Safari to 16.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-46689

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

SafariWindows application

Affected:16.2Fixed in:16.2Apple Inc.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

44.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory7

Third-Party Advisory7

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CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-36884	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-21.