CVE-2022-42837: Apple iPadOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, watchOS 9.2. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: from 15.0, before 15.7.2 (fixed in 15.7.2); from 16.0, before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: from 15.0, before 15.7.2 (fixed in 15.7.2); from 16.0, before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple macOS: version 13.0 only
• Apple watchOS: before 9.2 (fixed in 9.2)

Published 2022-12-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.