CVEs / CVE-2022-48618
CVE-2022-48618: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 31 Jan 2024
- high 7 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS contain a time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) memory corruption vulnerability that allows an attacker with read and write capabilities to bypass Pointer Authentication.
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Apple tvOS | from unspecified, before 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Apple macOS | from unspecified, before 13.1 | 13.1 |
| Apple iOS and iPadOS | from unspecified, before 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Apple watchOS | from unspecified, before 9.2 | 9.2 |
| apple iphone_os | before 16.2 | 16.2 |
| apple ipados | before 16.2 | 16.2 |
| apple tvos | before 16.2 | 16.2 |
| apple macos | before 13.1 | 13.1 |
| apple watchos | before 16.2 | 16.2 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 21 Feb 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-367 |
References
- CVE-2022-48618 on NVD
- CVE-2022-48618 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48618 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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