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CVE-2022-42813

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1. Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ipadosNVD
Affected:< 16.0Fixed in:16.0CVE-2022-42813derived from NVD
iphone osNVD
Affected:< 16.1Fixed in:16.1CVE-2022-42813derived from NVD
macosNVD
Affected:< 13.0Fixed in:13.0CVE-2022-42813derived from NVD
tvosNVD
Affected:< 16.1Fixed in:16.1CVE-2022-42813derived from NVD
watchosNVD
Affected:< 9.1Fixed in:9.1CVE-2022-42813derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.93%probability of exploitation in 30 days
56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2015-4000Low3.7100%-Fix
CVE-2020-0601High8.189%KEVFix
CVE-2009-3555Critical9.887%-Fix
CVE-2022-26923High8.883%KEVFix
CVE-2023-27823Critical9.853%--
CVE-2022-42979High8.824%--
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-22.