CVE-2022-42821: Medium severity apple macos vulnerability
Published Oct 24, 2022
·Updated
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, macOS Ventura 13. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.
Other sources
Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
APFS. An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
— Apple
Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
AppleAVD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
— Apple
AppleAVD. This issue was addressed with improved checks.
— Apple
Credit
Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Yinyi Wu(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o(Google Project Zero), Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Tommaso Bianco@@cutesmilee__, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Google Project Zero), an anonymous researcher, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Halle Winkler@@hallewinkler(Politepix), Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Arsenii Kostromin, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Kshitij Kumar(Crowdstrike), Jai Musunuri(Crowdstrike), CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208, Sergii Kryvoblotskyi(MacPaw Inc), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Jiří Vinopal@@vinopaljiri(Check Point Research), Sonali Luthar(the University of Virginia), Michael Liao(the University of Illinois at Urbana), Rohan Pahwa(Rutgers University), (University of Florida), Bao Nguyen(University of Florida), Bistrit Dahal, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Ron Masas (breakpoint.sh)(BreakPoint Technologies LTD), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Yutao Wang@@Jack, Yu Zhou@@yuzhou6666, Evgeny Legerov(Intevydis), Joshua Jones, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, CVE-2022-1622, Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Ron Masas(breakpointhq), Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), CVE-2021-39537, CVE-2022-29458, Gustav Hansen(WithSecure), Ubeydullah Sümer, Ezekiel Elin, Ashwani Rajput(Nagarro Software Pvt), Srijan Shivam Mishra(The Hack Report), Jugal Goradia(Aastha Technologies), Evan Ricafort (evanricafort.com)(Invalid Web Security), Shesha Sai C (linkedin.com/in/shesha-sai-c-18585b125)(Pune), (Pune), Amod Raghunath Patwardhan(Pune), India, CVE-2022-28739, Rohit Chatterjee(University of Illinois Urbana), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Om kothawade(Zaprico Digital), Andrew Goldberg(The McCombs School of Business), The University(Texas at Austin), Felix Poulin-Belanger, CVE-2021-36690, Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-0629, CVE-2022-0685, CVE-2022-0696, CVE-2022-0714, CVE-2022-0729, CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1381, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-1616, CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1620, CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629, CVE-2022-1674, CVE-2022-1733, CVE-2022-1735, CVE-2022-1769, CVE-2022-1927, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968, CVE-2022-1851, CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1898, CVE-2022-1720, CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2042, CVE-2022-2124, CVE-2022-2125, CVE-2022-2126, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, P1umer@@p1umer, afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Jeonghoon Shin at Theori@@singi21a(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 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), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 楼梦想改造家@@18(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), @@jq0904(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Jeff Johnson, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Evgeny Legerov, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, ryuzaki
Affected Software
5 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.7.2
11.7.2
macOS<12.6.2
12.6.2
macOS Ventura<13
13
macOS>=11.0<11.7.2
macOS>=12.0.0<12.6.2
Event History
Dec 15, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 13, 2025
News Published
via BleepingComputer·06:24 PM
News Published
via BleepingComputer·06:25 PM
Jul 28, 2025
News Published
via BleepingComputer·06:03 PM
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2022-42865
- CVE-2022-42821
- CVE-2022-32942
- CVE-2022-42864
- CVE-2022-46689
- CVE-2022-42845
- CVE-2022-42842
- CVE-2022-40303
- CVE-2022-40304
- CVE-2022-46704
- CVE-2022-42840
- CVE-2022-46718
- CVE-2022-42841
- CVE-2022-42854
- CVE-2022-42853
- CVE-2022-42861
- CVE-2022-42855
- CVE-2022-46703
- CVE-2022-42795
- CVE-2022-48577
- CVE-2022-32858
- CVE-2022-32898
- CVE-2022-32899
- CVE-2022-46721
- CVE-2022-47915
- CVE-2022-47965
- CVE-2022-32889
- CVE-2022-32907
- CVE-2022-32827
- CVE-2022-32877
- CVE-2022-42789
- CVE-2022-42825
- CVE-2022-46722
- CVE-2022-32902
- CVE-2022-32904
- CVE-2022-32890
- CVE-2022-42796
- CVE-2022-42798
- CVE-2022-32940
- CVE-2022-42816
- CVE-2022-42860
- CVE-2022-42819
- CVE-2022-42813
- CVE-2022-26730
- CVE-2022-32945
- CVE-2022-42838
- CVE-2022-48683
- CVE-2022-22663
- CVE-2022-32867
- CVE-2022-32205
- CVE-2022-32206
- CVE-2022-32207
- CVE-2022-32208
- CVE-2022-42814
- CVE-2022-32865
- CVE-2022-32915
- CVE-2022-32928
- CVE-2022-22643
- CVE-2022-32935
- CVE-2022-42788
- CVE-2022-48504
- CVE-2022-32905
- CVE-2022-42833
- CVE-2022-32947
- CVE-2022-42809
- CVE-2022-3437
- CVE-2022-32849
- CVE-2022-32913
- CVE-2022-32809
- CVE-2022-1622
- CVE-2022-32936
- CVE-2022-42820
- CVE-2022-42806
- CVE-2022-32864
- CVE-2022-32866
- CVE-2022-32911
- CVE-2022-32924
- CVE-2022-32914
- CVE-2022-42808
- CVE-2022-32944
- CVE-2022-42803
- CVE-2022-32926
- CVE-2022-42801
- CVE-2022-46712
- CVE-2022-42815
- CVE-2022-42834
- CVE-2022-46707
- CVE-2022-32883
- CVE-2022-32908
- CVE-2022-42810
- CVE-2021-39537
- CVE-2022-29458
- CVE-2022-42818
- CVE-2022-32879
- CVE-2022-32895
- CVE-2022-46713
- CVE-2022-42807
- CVE-2022-32918
- CVE-2022-42829
- CVE-2022-42830
- CVE-2022-42831
- CVE-2022-42832
- CVE-2022-32941
- CVE-2022-28739
- CVE-2022-32881
- CVE-2022-32862
- CVE-2022-32931
- CVE-2022-42811
- CVE-2022-42793
- CVE-2022-32876
- CVE-2022-32938
- CVE-2022-42790
- CVE-2022-32870
- CVE-2022-32934
- CVE-2022-42791
- CVE-2021-36690
- CVE-2022-48505
- CVE-2022-26699
- CVE-2022-0261
- CVE-2022-0318
- CVE-2022-0319
- CVE-2022-0351
- CVE-2022-0359
- CVE-2022-0361
- CVE-2022-0368
- CVE-2022-0392
- CVE-2022-0554
- CVE-2022-0572
- CVE-2022-0629
- CVE-2022-0685
- CVE-2022-0696
- CVE-2022-0714
- CVE-2022-0729
- CVE-2022-0943
- CVE-2022-1381
- CVE-2022-1420
- CVE-2022-1725
- CVE-2022-1616
- CVE-2022-1619
- CVE-2022-1620
- CVE-2022-1621
- CVE-2022-1629
- CVE-2022-1674
- CVE-2022-1733
- CVE-2022-1735
- CVE-2022-1769
- CVE-2022-1927
- CVE-2022-1942
- CVE-2022-1968
- CVE-2022-1851
- CVE-2022-1897
- CVE-2022-1898
- CVE-2022-1720
- CVE-2022-2000
- CVE-2022-2042
- CVE-2022-2124
- CVE-2022-2125
- CVE-2022-2126
- CVE-2022-42828
- CVE-2022-32875
- CVE-2022-42826
- CVE-2022-32886
- CVE-2022-32888
- CVE-2022-32912
- CVE-2022-42799
- CVE-2022-42823
- CVE-2022-42824
- CVE-2022-32923
- CVE-2022-32922
- CVE-2022-32892
- CVE-2022-32833
- CVE-2022-46709
- CVE-2022-37434
- CVE-2022-42800
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?
The vulnerability ID of this issue is CVE-2022-42821.
2
What is the title of the vulnerability?
The title of the vulnerability is 'BOM. A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.'
3
What is the description of the vulnerability?
The description of the vulnerability is 'BOM. A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.'
4
Which software versions are affected by this vulnerability?
The vulnerability affects macOS Ventura up to version 13 (exclusive), macOS Big Sur up to version 11.7.2 (exclusive), and macOS Monterey up to version 12.6.2 (exclusive).
5
How can I fix this vulnerability?
To fix this vulnerability, make sure to update your macOS Ventura, macOS Big Sur, or macOS Monterey to the respective versions specified in the Apple security advisory.