Critical severity · published Nov 1, 2022
CVE-2022-42813
A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView
9.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1. Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 13 · source: vendor, NVD
IO
iOS · Apple
before 16.0 · source: NVD
TV
tvOS · Apple
before 16.1; before 16.1 · source: vendor, NVD
WA
watchOS · Apple
before 9.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42813
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42813
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492
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