VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-42856

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability8.52%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2022-12-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple iOS Type Confusion Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Apple / iOS

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.1.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1..

Weakness classification

  • CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Primary references