CVE-2022-42850 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-787
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T15:03:53.717Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-42850

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T19:15:24.667

Modified: 2025-04-21T15:15:52.920

Link: CVE-2022-42850

Redhat

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