CVE-2022-42867

high-risk
Published 2022-12-15

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Do I need to act?

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5.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (24)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
and 4 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low