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CVE-2022-42823
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1,…
High8.8EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, Safari 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-843 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (13)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213495 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20221104 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0010 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-08fdc4138a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- DSA-5273 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- DSA-5274 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221109 [SECURITY] [DLA 3183-1] webkit2gtk security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-ce32af66d6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-e7726761c4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202305-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-42823)Record last updated .