PT-2022-26616 · Apple · Ipados+4

Weijia Dai · Published 2022-12-13 · Updated 2025-04-21 · CVE-2022-42837

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 iOS versions prior to 16.2 iPadOS versions prior to 16.2 macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.1 iOS versions prior to 15.7.2 iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.2 watchOS versions prior to 9.2

Description An issue existed in the parsing of URLs, which was addressed with improved input validation. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 16.2, update to iOS 16.2 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 16.2, update to iPadOS 16.2 or later. For macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.1, update to macOS Ventura 13.1 or later. For iOS versions prior to 15.7.2, update to iOS 15.7.2 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.2, update to iPadOS 15.7.2 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 9.2, update to watchOS 9.2 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42837

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Ventura

Watchos

References · 15

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42837 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42837 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102808 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54630 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119190 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 · Note