High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-26762

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: <15.5
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: <12.4
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <15.5
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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