CVE-2022-42848: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, tvOS 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 tvOS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)

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