CVE-2022-42856Apple iOS Type Confusion Vulnerability

Description

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..

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 Release NotesVendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 Release NotesVendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531 Release NotesVendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516 Release NotesVendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537 Release NotesVendor Advisory
• 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-2 iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2 mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-4 macOS Ventura 13.1 mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-3 iOS 16.1.2 mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-7 tvOS 16.2 mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-9 Safari 16.2 mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• [oss-security] 20221226 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0011 mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42856 US Government Resource