Apple watchOS up to 9.1 IOHIDFamily race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 9.1 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component IOHIDFamily. This manipulation causes race condition. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-42864. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 9.1 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/13/2022 by Tommy Muir as HT213536 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-42864. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Upgrading to version 9.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 9.2

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10/11/2022 🔍
12/13/2022 +63 days 🔍
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12/14/2022 +1 days 🔍
04/24/2025 +862 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213536
Researcher: Tommy Muir
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215701

Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2022 09:37
Updated: 04/24/2025 06:26
Changes: 12/14/2022 09:37 (19), 12/14/2022 09:40 (27), 01/09/2023 15:31 (2), 01/09/2023 15:37 (10), 04/24/2025 06:26 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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