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CVE-2022-42827 (GCVE-0-2022-42827)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15
VLAI CISA Previdian
Summary
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..
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-28 21:39 UTC
CWE
  • 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.
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: unspecified , < 16.1 (custom)
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Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: unspecified , < 15.7 (custom)
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CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 7d1fda0b-c3d5-4b59-a6fc-4e1318c1c9d6

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2022-42827

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2022-10-25 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-10-25
Asserted: 2022-10-25
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Apple iOS and iPadOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability | Affected: Apple / iOS and iPadOS | Description: Apple iOS and iPadOS kernel contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can allow an application to perform code execution with kernel privileges. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-11-15 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42827
Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev

Details
Cwes CWE-20 CWE-787
Feed CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product iOS and iPadOS
Due Date 2022-11-15
Date Added 2022-10-25
Vendorproject Apple
Vulnerabilityname Apple iOS and iPadOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Knownransomwarecampaignuse Unknown
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:25 UTC | Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: d660cfef-8dc5-48ca-b2e6-4c0a6853d86c

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2022-42827

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2022-10-25 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-10-25
Asserted: 2022-10-25
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: 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... | Affected: Apple / iOS and iPadOS | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title 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...
Vendor Apple
Product iOS and iPadOS
Added Date 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 7.8
Epss Score None
Cvss Severity HIGH
Epss Percentile None
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev False
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:14 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-23 11:14 UTC
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  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.