CVE-2022-48618
Published 2024-01-09 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source product-security@apple.com
Summary
CVE-2022-48618 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in Apple Multiple Products. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 31, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by February 21, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apple has 96 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
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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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Apple — Multiple Products
Name: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Date added: 2024-01-31 · Due: 2024-02-21
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536