High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-22596

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.5, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./watchOSv53 versions
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <=8.4.1
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <8.5
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <=15.3.1
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy2 versions
<=15.3.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=15.3.1
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.4
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <15.4

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213193nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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