CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-42840
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 15.7.2)
• apple ipados (>= 16.0 < 16.2)
• apple iphone os (< 15.7.2)
• apple iphone os (>= 16.0 < 16.2)
• apple macos (>= 11.0 < 11.7.2)
• apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.6.2)
• apple macos 13.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory