CVE-2022-42842: Apple iPadOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: 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
• Apple tvOS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 9.2 (fixed in 9.2)

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