Critical severity · published Dec 15, 2022
CVE-2022-42837
An issue existed in the parsing of URLs
9.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, watchOS 9.2. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or 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)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
15.0 before 15.7.2; 16.0 before 16.2 · source: NVD
MA
macOS · Apple
13.0 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
before 9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42837
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42837
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531
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