CVE-2022-42856

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  3. CVE-2022-42856
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..

8.8 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

23 Oct 2025, 18:02

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856 - US Government Resource

22 Oct 2025, 00:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856 -

21 Nov 2024, 07:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

28 Jun 2024, 13:48

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 - Third Party Advisory

30 May 2023, 06:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 -
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 - (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

26 Dec 2022, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 -

21 Dec 2022, 14:35

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-843
References
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 - (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 - (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 - (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 - (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 - (MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

15 Dec 2022, 19:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-12-15 19:15

Updated : 2025-10-23 18:02

NVD link : CVE-2022-42856

Mitre link : CVE-2022-42856

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-42856

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Products Affected

apple

  • tvos
  • ipados
  • safari
  • macos
  • iphone_os
CWE
CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')