PT-2022-26596 · Apple · Apple Macos+4

Zweig · Published 2022-10-24 · Updated 2025-04-22 · CVE-2022-42808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 16.1 Apple iPadOS versions prior to 16 Apple macOS versions prior to Ventura 13 Apple watchOS versions prior to 9.1

Description An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking, which may allow a remote user to cause kernel code execution.

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

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42808

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42808 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119368 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/true_secator/3605 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42808 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102853 · Note