CVE-2022-42837

high-risk

Published 2022-12-15

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.

Do I need to act?

5.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Ipados

Iphone Os

Macos

Watchos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (18)

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

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

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535