CVE-2022-48618
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 21 February 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 31 January 2024 · due 21 February 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-367
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. 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
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48618US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.