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CVE-2022-42843

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42843 is a data protection vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, which could allow an unauthorized user to view sensitive user information. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Apple addressed this issue with improved data protection in iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, and watchOS 9.2.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213530
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213532
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213535
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213536
Release NotesVendor Advisory