CVE-2022-42792: Race Condition

Published Oct 24, 2022
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Updated

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Other sources

Apple TV. The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

— Apple

AppleMobileFileIntegrity. This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.

— Apple

Audio. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AVEVideoEncoder. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

— Apple

Backup. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

— Apple

Credit

Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Bistrit Dahal, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Willy R. Vasquez(The University of Texas at Austin), Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), an anonymous researcher, Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), IES Red Team(ByteDance), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Jihwan Kim@@gPayl0ad, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), Abdulrahman Alqabandi(Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research), Ryan Shin(IAAI SecLab at Korea University), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(DNSLab at Korea University), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Dr Hideaki Goto(Tohoku University), Japan, Evgeny Legerov, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.1
16.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16
16
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.0
iPhone OS<16.1

Event History

Oct 24, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
Jun 23, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-42792?

CVE-2022-42792 is a vulnerability related to weather data protection in Apple iOS and iPadOS.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-42792?

The severity of CVE-2022-42792 is not provided in the available information.

3

How does CVE-2022-42792 impact Apple iOS and iPadOS?

CVE-2022-42792 impacts Apple iOS and iPadOS by exposing a vulnerability in weather data protection.

4

How can I fix CVE-2022-42792?

You can fix CVE-2022-42792 by updating your Apple iOS or iPadOS device to version 16.1 or higher.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-42792?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-42792 on the Apple support website at the following link: [Apple Support](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489)

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