CVE-2022-42843: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved data protection. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple macOS: 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.