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CVE-2022-42864

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42864 is a race condition vulnerability in Apple's operating systems (tvOS, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS) that could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Rated High (CVSS 7.0), it requires user interaction and high attack complexity, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of the affected device. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0086 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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/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/25
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
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/HT213534
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213535
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213536
Release NotesVendor Advisory