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CVE-2022-42834

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42834 is an access issue affecting macOS Monterey, Ventura, and Big Sur, where an application could access mail folder attachments via a temporary directory during compression. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0, < 11.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT213488
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213603
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213604
Release NotesVendor Advisory