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Use After Free

CVE-2022-42829

Medium
6.7/10

Summary

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published