CVE-2022-42823 — Type Confusion in Apple Macos

CWE-843 — Type Confusion13 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Apple MacosApple TvosApple Watchos+5 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 1
Latest updateNov 17

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, Safari 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 16.1
▶NVDapple/tvos< 16.1
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 13
▶NVDapple/macos< 13.0
▶NVDapple/ipados< 16.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 35, 36, 37

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rjj4-r4wr-cjq8: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-11-02
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CVEList
CVE-2022-42823: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-11-01
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OSV
CVE-2022-42823: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-11-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

9
Ubuntu
WebKitGTK vulnerabilities↗2022-11-17
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Red Hat
webkitgtk: type confusion issue leading to arbitrary code execution↗2022-10-31
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Apple
CVE-2022-42823: macOS Ventura 13↗2022-10-24
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Apple
CVE-2022-42823: tvOS 16.1↗2022-10-24
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Apple
CVE-2022-42823: Safari 16.1↗2022-10-24
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