High severity · published Nov 1, 2022
CVE-2022-42823
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, Safari 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% 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; before 16.1 · source: vendor, NVD
WA
watchOS · Apple
before 9.1 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
before 16.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42823
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42823
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/04/4
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00010.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LF4LYP725XZ7RWOPFUV6DGPN4Q5DUU4/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQKLEGJK3LHAKUQOLBHNR2DI3IUGLLTY/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JOFKX6BUEJFECSVFV6P5INQCOYQBB4NZ/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
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