CVE-2022-48503
Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 November 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Safari 15.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.21% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 20 October 2025 · due 10 November 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-129
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 3.2% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48503
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48503US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.