CVE-2022-42826: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, Safari 16.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.1 (fixed in 16.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.1 (fixed in 16.1)
• Apple macOS: before 13.0 (fixed in 13.0)
• Apple Safari: before 16.1 (fixed in 16.1)
• WebKitGTK Webkitgtk+: before 2.40.1 (fixed in 2.40.1)

Published 2023-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.