CVE-2022-42813 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1. Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00709.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45876	A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1. Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T14:10:05.184Z

Reserved: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42813

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:04.532Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:23.587

Modified: 2025-04-22T14:15:22.040

Link: CVE-2022-42813

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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