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The flaw in question is tracked as CVE-2022-48618, and carries a severity score of 7.8.
The problem “may have been exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.”
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As is almost common practice with these vulnerabilities, Apple fixed it with improved checks.
At the moment, we dont know who the threat actors are, or how they weaponized the vulnerability.
It is also unknown if the flaw was used to exfiltrate data, deploymalware, or evenransomware.
However, it only notified the public in early January this year.