CVE-2022-42827

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-10-25

Actively exploited. CVE-2022-42827 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-10-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Apple iOS and iPadOS kernel contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can allow an application to perform code execution with kernel privileges.

CSIRTS triage

What: Apple iOS and iPadOS kernel contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability allowing code execution with kernel privileges.
Who is affected: Users of Apple iOS and iPadOS devices.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest version of iOS and iPadOS.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 63% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2022-42827: Apple iOS and iPadOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-10-25

External references

NVD record for CVE-2022-42827

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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