Critical (9.8) in Apple iOS and macOS. In CISA KEV since 2022-01-28. EPSS 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious 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
CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)