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CVE-2022-42856
CWE-843
Critical
95.5
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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..
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 8.52%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Dec 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Published
- 15 Dec 2022
- Last modified 23 Oct 2025
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time