Actively exploited · Published Jan 9, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-48618

High 7.0 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 31, 2024). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jan 31, 2024

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

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

Federal agencies must remediate by Feb 21, 2024.

Official 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 16.2
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 13.1
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 16.2
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 9.2

Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CISA guidance

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Affected products (as reported)

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