CVE-2022-22579: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, tvOS 15.3, Security Update 2022-001 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. Processing a maliciously crafted STL file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: before 11.6.3 (fixed in 11.6.3); from 12.0.0, before 12.2 (fixed in 12.2)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)

Published 2022-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.