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CVE-2022-42845
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…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
References
References12
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-1 iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-6 macOS Big Sur 11.7.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-4 macOS Ventura 13.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-7 tvOS 16.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-5 macOS Monterey 12.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-8 watchOS 9.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-45908 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-42845)Record last updated .