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CVE-2022-42854

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42854 is a memory handling vulnerability in Apple macOS Monterey and Ventura that could allow an application to disclose sensitive kernel memory. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction for an attacker to achieve high confidentiality impact, with no integrity or availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 12.0.0, < 12.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 27th 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/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213532
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213533
Release NotesVendor Advisory