Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-42791

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity race condition in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 13

Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488