CVE-2022-42840: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.7.2 (fixed in 15.7.2); from 16.0, before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.7.2 (fixed in 15.7.2); from 16.0, before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.7.2 (fixed in 11.7.2); from 12.0.0, before 12.6.2 (fixed in 12.6.2); version 13.0 only

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