CVE-2022-42840

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 0.4%CWE-787

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

15 Dec 2022Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Apple · macOS

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534