CVE-2022-42827

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Nov 1, 2022
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Oct 11, 2022

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.1 and iPadOS 15.7.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 16.1Affected
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 15.7Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213490
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42827government-resource

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