CVE-2022-42829 - A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management

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MEDIUM

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management

Published Nov 1, 2022

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.32%

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. 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.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
unknown
Affected
- ≥ unspecified, < 13
- ≥ unspecified, < 16.1

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
Apple	macOS	unknown	Affected ≥ unspecified, < 13 ≥ unspecified, < 16.1

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (3)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-45892
Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
Release NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-45892		Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488		Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489		Release NotesVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Nov 1, 2022

Updated Apr 21, 2025

Reserved Oct 11, 2022

Link CVE-2022-42829

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 21, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-42829

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner apple

Published Nov 1, 2022

Updated Apr 21, 2025

Link EUVD-2022-45892

GitHub

No data