CVE-2022-48618
Apple Multiple Products: Memory Corruption
As of , CVE-2022-48618 in Apple Multiple Products is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 31 January 2024
- US federal deadline
- 21 February 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.00Higher than 39% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 31 January 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.apple.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from apple
- CVE published
- 9 January 2024
- Assigned by
- apple
- CVSS
- 7.0 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-367
- Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Multiple Products: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-86950Out-of-Bounds Write | Apple Multiple Products | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA; listed in the last 14 days | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-30860Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.76 | 0.76 | ||
| CVE-2023-32434Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.52 | 0.52 | ||
| CVE-2019-8605Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2020-3837Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.15 | ||
| CVE-2019-8506Type Confusion | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.16 | ||
| CVE-2023-28205WebKit Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.27 | ||
| CVE-2021-30807Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.29 | ||
| CVE-2025-31200Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.19 | ||
| CVE-2025-24085Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.18 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org