CVE-2022-32917: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-09-14. EPSS: 5.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. 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 15.7 (fixed in 15.7)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.7 (fixed in 15.7)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.7 (fixed in 11.7); from 12.0.0, before 12.6 (fixed in 12.6)

Published 2022-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.