What is CVE-2022-42831?

CVE-2022-42831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-42831?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Ipados

CVE-2022-42831

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. 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.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2022-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.1% 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
Apple macOS — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42831?: CVE-2022-42831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-42831?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.