CVE-2022-42849 (GCVE-0-2022-42849)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-15 00:00
Modified
2025-04-21 15:05
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A user may be able to elevate privileges
Summary
An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. A user may be able to elevate privileges.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple tvOS Version: unspecified   < 16.2
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 9.2
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