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CVE-2022-42826

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.1 — fixed in 16.1
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.1 — fixed in 16.1
• Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
• Apple Safari: before 16.1 — fixed in 16.1
• Webkitgtk+: before 2.40.1 — fixed in 2.40.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.1; Apple Iphone Os 16.1; Apple macOS 13.0; Apple Safari 16.1; Webkitgtk+ 2.40.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213495
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213495

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