CVE-2022-32894: Apple iOS and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-08-18. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6.1 and iPadOS 15.6.1, macOS Monterey 12.5.1. 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.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.6.1 (fixed in 15.6.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.6.1 (fixed in 15.6.1)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.7 (fixed in 11.7); from 12.0, before 12.5.1 (fixed in 12.5.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 9.0 (fixed in 9.0)

Published 2022-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.