PT-2022-6611 · Apple · Ipados+1

Willy R. Vasquez · Published 2022-12-15 · Updated 2025-04-21 · CVE-2022-42846

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 16.2 iOS versions prior to 15.7.2 iPadOS versions prior to 16.2 iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the graphics driver of iOS and iPadOS, caused by incorrect video rendering with H.264 encoding. This can lead to unexpected system termination when parsing a maliciously crafted video file. An attacker could exploit this issue to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 16.2, update to iOS 16.2 or later to resolve the issue. For iOS versions prior to 15.7.2, update to iOS 15.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. For iPadOS versions prior to 16.2, update to iPadOS 16.2 or later to resolve the issue. For iPadOS versions prior to 15.7.2, update to iPadOS 15.7.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-02785

CVE-2022-42846

Affected Products

Ios

Ipados

References · 9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-02785 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42846 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119167 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/41583 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20 · Note