CVE-2022-42829 — Use After Free in Apple Macos

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents4 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Apple MacosApple IpadosApple Iphone OS+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 1
Latest updateMay 1

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 13+1
▶NVDapple/macos< 13.0
▶NVDapple/ipados< 16.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-mxxh-6gv3-x6rm: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2022-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: scsi: scsi_transport_sas: Fix error handling in sas_phy_add()↗2025-05-01
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Apple
CVE-2022-42829: macOS Ventura 13↗2022-10-24
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Apple
CVE-2022-42829: iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16↗2022-10-24
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