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CVE-2022-42842
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (12)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-1 iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-6 macOS Big Sur 11.7.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-4 macOS Ventura 13.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-7 tvOS 16.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-5 macOS Monterey 12.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-8 watchOS 9.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_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-2022-42842)Record last updated .