Vulnerability in Apple Ipados
CVE-2022-42803
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, iOS 15.7.1 and iPadOS 15.7.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Monterey 12.6.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (9.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Ipados
- Apple Iphone OS — versions 16.0
- Apple macOS — versions unspecified
- Apple tvOS — versions unspecified
- Apple watchOS — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213494 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213490 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-42803?
- CVE-2022-42803 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2022-11-01.
- How severe is CVE-2022-42803?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.