PT-2022-26592 · Apple · Apple Macos+4

Jaakerblom + 2 · Published 2022-10-24 · Updated 2025-04-22 · CVE-2022-42803

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

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

Description A race condition issue was addressed with improved locking, which may allow an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For tvOS versions prior to 16.1, update to tvOS 16.1. For iOS versions prior to 15.7.1, update to iOS 15.7.1. For iOS versions prior to 16.1, update to iOS 16.1. For iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.1, update to iPadOS 15.7.1. For iPadOS versions prior to 16, update to iPadOS 16. For macOS versions prior to Ventura 13, update to macOS Ventura 13. For macOS versions prior to Monterey 12.6.1, update to macOS Monterey 12.6.1. For watchOS versions prior to 9.1, update to watchOS 9.1.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42803

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 12

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42803 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42803 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42803 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102788 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119366 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102853 · Note