CVE-2022-48618 (GCVE-0-2022-48618)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-09 17:58 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05- 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.
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | tvOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 16.2
(custom)
|
|
| Apple | macOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 13.1
(custom)
|
|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 16.2
(custom)
|
|
| Apple | watchOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 9.2
(custom)
|
|
| apple | iphone_os |
Affected:
0 , < 16.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| apple | ipados |
Affected:
0 , < 16.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| apple | tvos |
Affected:
0 , < 16.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| apple | macos |
Affected:
0 , < 13.1
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| apple | watchos |
Affected:
0 , < 16.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-367 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Multiple Products |
| Due Date | 2024-02-21 |
| Date Added | 2024-01-31 |
| Vendorproject | Apple |
| Vulnerabilityname | Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: previdian
Details
| Feed | Previdian (previdian.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | 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... |
| Cve Id | CVE-2022-48618 |
| Vendor | Apple |
| Ghsa Id | None |
| Product | tvOS, macOS, iOS and iPadOS, watchOS |
| Added Date | 2024-01-31T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.0 |
| Epss Score | 0.00487 |
| Previous Ids | |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Virtual Patch | False |
| Cvss Estimated | False |
| Epss Percentile | 0.39644 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Vulnerability Id | CVE-2022-48618 |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
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