Check Point Advisories

Apple Multiple Products Use After Free (CVE-2022-42867)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2022-2225
Date Published: 27 Jul 2025
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 27 July, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2022-42867
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Apple Safari prior to v16.2
Apple iPadOS prior to v16.2
Apple iPhone OS prior to v16.2
Apple macOS prior to v13.1
Apple tvOS prior to 16.2
Apple watchOS prior to 9.2
Vulnerability Description A use-after-free vulnerability exists in multiple Apple products. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple Multiple Products Use After Free (CVE-2022-42867) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Apple Multiple Products Use After Free (CVE-2022-42867)

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