CVE-2022-42840

2022-12-1500:00:00

apple

www.cve.org

memory handling

macos

ios

kernel privileges

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

40.0%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "11.7",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "13.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "12.6",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "16.2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "15.7",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]