Vulnerability · Published Dec 15, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-42854

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure 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 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1. An app may be able to disclose kernel memory.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 13.1
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.6

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533
20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-4 macOS Ventura 13.1 mailing-list
20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-5 macOS Monterey 12.6.2 mailing-list