CVE-2022-22590: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, Safari 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to 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 macOS: from 12.0.0, before 12.2 (fixed in 12.2)
• Apple Safari: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple tvOS: before 8.4 (fixed in 8.4)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.4 (fixed in 8.4)
• WebKitGTK WebKitGTK: before 2.36.7 (fixed in 2.36.7)

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