CVE-2022-42856: Apple tvOS

Type confusion in Apple tvOS

CVSS 8.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.085 · 95th percentile

Critical, because:

In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 14 Dec 2022: it is known to be exploited.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: apple) at 15 Dec 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	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 16.2 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 13.1 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 15.7 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 16.1 custom
Apple	tvOS	affected unspecified to before 16.2 custom

Identifiers

CVE-2022-42856

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 Listed since 14 Dec 2022: known to be exploited.
EPSS 0.085, the 95th 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 15 Dec 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 mailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 mailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22 mailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 mailing-list
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28 mailing-list
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1 mailing-list
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32

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.