CVE-2022-42821mediumCWE-693

CVE-2022-42821: medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS

Published 15 Dec 2022 · Updated 21 Apr 2025

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 5.5epss 3.9%

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, macOS Ventura 13. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

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

Affected products

Apple · macOS

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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534