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High · 7.0 Public exploit CVE-2022-42864 EUVD-2022-45927GHSA-g6qw-hmvp-hf86

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, m…

Published Dec 15, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by apple

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apple macOS unspecified – < 11.7 11.7
Apple tvOS unspecified – < 16.2, unspecified – < 13.1, unspecified – < 12.6, unspecified – < 15.7 16.2
Apple watchOS unspecified – < 9.2 9.2

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Muirey03/CVE-2022-42864 ★ 68 · Jan 19, 2023

    Proof-of-concept for the CVE-2022-42864 IOHIDFamily race condition

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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