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Safari 16.2
Released December 13, 2022
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-46705: Hyeon Park (@tree_segment) of Team ApplePIE
Entry added December 22, 2022, updated March 16, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 245521
CVE-2022-42867: Maddie Stone of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 245466
CVE-2022-46691: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 246783
CVE-2022-46692: KirtiKumar Anandrao Ramchandani
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 246721
CVE-2022-42852: hazbinhotel working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated December 22, 2022
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 246942
CVE-2022-46696: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security
WebKit Bugzilla: 247562
CVE-2022-46700: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 247066
CVE-2022-46698: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of DNSLab at Korea University, Ryan Shin of IAAI SecLab at Korea University
Entry updated December 22, 2022
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 247420
CVE-2022-46699: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security
WebKit Bugzilla: 244622
CVE-2022-42863: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: 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.
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 248266
CVE-2022-42856: Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group
Additional recognition
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher, scarlet for their assistance.