CVE-2022-42806

HIGH

iPadOS < 16.0 - Race Condition Leading to Arbitrary Code Execution

Title source: llm

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (3)

apple/ipados < 16.0

apple/iphone_os < 16.1

apple/macos < 13.0

Published Nov 01, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026