CVE-2022-42840

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS <12.5.7all versionscert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 12.5.7cert_bundDE
Apple macOSunspecified → 11.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 15.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 16.2enisa_euvdEU
apple ipados< 15.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados16.0 → 16.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os16.0 → 16.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos11.0 → 11.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos12.0.0 → 12.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos= 13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2313Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um den Benutzer zu täuschen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, Rechte zu erweitern und beliebigen Code mit Kernel-Rechten auszuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2022-2321Apple iOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2022-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-15modified 2026-06-17

references (33)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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