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CVE-2022-42826 (GCVE-0-2022-42826)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-11 14:41
VLAI
Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, Safari 16.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-11 14:41 UTC
CWE
  • Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 13 (custom)
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Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 16.1 (custom)
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