CVE-2022-22596: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.5, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.5 (fixed in 8.5)

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