CVE-2022-42845

2022-12-1500:00:00

apple

www.cve.org

memory handling

tvos

macos

ios

watchos

arbitrary code execution

kernel privileges

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

69.3%

JSON

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. An app with root privileges 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": "tvOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "16.2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "tvOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "13.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "tvOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "12.6",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "tvOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "16.2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "watchOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "9.2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]