CVE-2022-42855highobserved exploitationCWE-269

CVE-2022-42855: high-severity vulnerability in Apple tvOS

Published 15 Dec 2022 · Updated 21 Apr 2025

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43Vexday Risk Score

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ssvc Actcvss 7.1epss 0.5%

from disclosure to weapon

Published on NVDDec 15

VulnCheckDec 13

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. An app may be able to use arbitrary entitlements.

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

Affected products

Apple · tvOS

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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170518/libCoreEntitlements-CEContextQuery-Arbitrary-Entitlement-Returns.html 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/26 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/HT213535 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536