CVE-2022-32821: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple macOS: from 12.0, before 12.5 (fixed in 12.5)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.7 (fixed in 8.7)

Published 2022-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.