Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Dec 15, 2022· Updated Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2022-42856
CVE-2022-42856
Description
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.1.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1..
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Affected products
42<16.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <16.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <16.2
- Range: <16.1.2
- osv-coords38 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/webkit2gtk3pkg:rpm/almalinux/webkit2gtk3-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/webkit2gtk3-jscpkg:rpm/almalinux/webkit2gtk3-jsc-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk4&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4
< 2.36.7-1.el8_7.1+ 37 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.7-1.el8_7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.7-1.el8_7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.7-1.el8_7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.7-1.el8_7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150200.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-2.123.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21mitremailing-list
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22mitremailing-list
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23mitremailing-list
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26mitremailing-list
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28mitremailing-list
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1mitremailing-list
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32mitre
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516mitre
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531mitre
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532mitre
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535mitre
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537mitre
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