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CVE-2022-42855

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42855 is a logic issue affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS that could allow an application to gain arbitrary entitlements due to improved state management. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), indicating that an attacker could achieve high confidentiality and integrity impacts through a local attack requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their devices to the patched versions (tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2) to mitigate the risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/170518/libCoreEntitlements-CEContextQuery-Arbitrary-Entitlement-Returns.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213530
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213531
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213532
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213533
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213535
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213536