CVE-2022-42823: Apple macOS

Type confusion in Apple macOS and others

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.018 · 79th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: apple) at 1 Nov 2022, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	affected unspecified to before 13 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 16.1 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 16.1 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 16.1 custom
Apple	watchOS	affected unspecified to before 9.1 custom

Identifiers

CVE-2022-42823

CNA

apple

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-843

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.018, the 79th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 1 Nov 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213495
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/04/4 mailing-list
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LF4LYP725XZ7RWOPFUV6DGPN4Q5DUU4/ vendor-advisory
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5273 vendor-advisory
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5274 vendor-advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00010.html mailing-list
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQKLEGJK3LHAKUQOLBHNR2DI3IUGLLTY/ vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JOFKX6BUEJFECSVFV6P5INQCOYQBB4NZ/ vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32 vendor-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.