CVE-2022-42844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00172.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Ipados Subscribe Iphone Os Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45907	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530

History

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-119
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T16:07:50.136Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-42844

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.024Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T19:15:24.080

Modified: 2025-04-21T16:15:52.007

Link: CVE-2022-42844

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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