CVE-2022-42827
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Apple iOS and iPadOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.1 and iPadOS 15.7.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% (percentile: 65) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
Affected products
apple: ipados; apple: iphone os
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213490 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213490 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022… US Government Resource