CVE-2022-48618

HIGH

CVSS Score

Published: January 9, 2024 at 05:58 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:15 AM UTC

5 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS

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Severity

HIGH7

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score0.5%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 0.5% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 42% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

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.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Jan 31, 2024

Remediation Due

Feb 21, 2024

979 days overdue

Notes

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48618

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPadOS · Apple

95%

v < 16.2

Affected range stops below 16.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 16.2

Affected range stops below 16.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 13.113.0 ≤ v < 13.1

Affected range stops below 13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

tvOS · Apple

95%

v < 16.2

Affected range stops below 16.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

watchOS · Apple

95%

v < 16.2v < 9.2

Affected range stops below 16.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Release NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530

Release NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532

Release NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535

Release NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536

US Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48618

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-367

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