An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2…

Description

An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. A user may be able to elevate privileges.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• A user may be able to elevate privileges
• CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Apple · tvOS

  • affected unspecified – < 16.2

• Apple · tvOS

  • affected unspecified – < 16.2

• Apple · watchOS

  • affected unspecified – < 9.2

References (6)

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 (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
• 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-2022-12-13-7 tvOS 16.2 (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2022-42849](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2022-42849.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-42849)

Record last updated 21 Apr 2025, 15:05 UTC.