PT-2022-26591 · Apple · Apple Macos+4

Ian Beer · Published 2022-10-24 · Updated 2025-04-22 · CVE-2022-42801

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 15.7.1 and 16.1 Apple iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.1 and 16 Apple tvOS versions prior to 16.1 Apple watchOS versions prior to 9.1 Apple macOS versions prior to 12.6.1 and 13

Description A logic issue was addressed with improved checks, allowing an app to potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 15.7.1, update to iOS 15.7.1 or later. For Apple iOS versions prior to 16.1, update to iOS 16.1 or later. For Apple iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.1, update to iPadOS 15.7.1 or later. For Apple iPadOS versions prior to 16, update to iPadOS 16 or later. For Apple tvOS versions prior to 16.1, update to tvOS 16.1 or later. For Apple watchOS versions prior to 9.1, update to watchOS 9.1 or later. For Apple macOS versions prior to 12.6.1, update to macOS 12.6.1 or later. For Apple macOS versions prior to 13, update to macOS 13 or later.

Fix

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42801

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 15

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42801 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102788 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170011/XNU-vm_object-Use-After-Free.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39022 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/52432 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42801 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102853 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119365 · Telegram Post