CVE-2022-42795: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16, iOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

  • Apple iPhone OS: before 16.0 (fixed in 16.0)
  • Apple macOS: before 13.0 (fixed in 13.0)
  • Apple tvOS: before 16.0 (fixed in 16.0)
  • Apple watchOS: before 9.0 (fixed in 9.0)

Published 2022-11-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.