CVE-2022-42859 is a privacy bypass vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS, where a malicious application could potentially circumvent user privacy preferences. Rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, but does not necessitate specific privileges (PR:N) and has low attack complexity (AC:L). While the vulnerability could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H), there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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