CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-42840

Published: Dec 15, 2022 | Modified: Jan 09, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ipados Apple * 15.7.2 (excluding)
Ipados Apple 16.0 (including) 16.2 (excluding)
Iphone_os Apple * 15.7.2 (excluding)
Iphone_os Apple 16.0 (including) 16.2 (excluding)
Macos Apple 11.0 (including) 11.7.2 (excluding)
Macos Apple 12.0.0 (including) 12.6.2 (excluding)
Macos Apple 13.0 (including) 13.0 (including)

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