High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-42796

Description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Ventura 13. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: <15.7
Apple Inc./macOS Venturallm-fuzzy
Range: <13
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <15.7
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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