CVE-2022-42842criticalCWE-787

CVE-2022-42842: critical vulnerability in Apple tvOS

Published 15 Dec 2022 · Updated 21 Apr 2025

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28Vexday Risk Score

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

ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 2.4%

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.

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

Affected products

Apple · macOS Apple · tvOS Apple · watchOS

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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536