🛡️ CVE-2022-42840
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-12-15
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-04-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipados 16.0 16.2
iphone-os 16.0 16.2
macos — —

References

Mailing List, Third Party 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
Release Notes, Vendor 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
Mailing List, Third Party 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
Release Notes, Vendor 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

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