A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

published 2022-05-26 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-31294

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple iOS and iPadOS 15.5

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Apple iOS and iPadOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

support.apple.com /en-us/HT213258
vendor-advisory
support.apple.com /kb/HT213446
vendor-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/39
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-26744
NVD CVE-2022-26744

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