CVE-2022-42864
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur...
- Published
- Dec 15, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Evidence observed
- Aug 5, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 56.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept for the CVE-2022-42864 IOHIDFamily race condition
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