CVE-2022-42829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489

History

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T19:55:36.705Z

Reserved: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42829

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.207Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:24.407

Modified: 2025-04-21T20:15:18.317

Link: CVE-2022-42829

Redhat

No data.

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