In CISA KEV8.8 High
CVE-2022-42856
Apple iOS Type Confusion Vulnerability
AppleiOS
Status
- Exploited in the wild
- In CISA KEV since 14 Dec 2022
- Vendor fix available
Federal deadlineWed 4 Jan 2023, 23:59 UTC
Passed 1389 days ago
CISA KEV · added 14 Dec 2022
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
8.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Higher than 95% of scored CVEs
SeverityCVSS
8.8High
Description NVD
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.1.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1..
CISA required action
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