01 Record
CVE-2022-42813
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,
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-11-01 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-22 14:10Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7107103ec863c578f256e41118d3a6be7ce70852432266e3c884ced821c7d5d7
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491