Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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• cpe apple/ipadosversion unspecified
• cpe apple/iphone osversion unspecified
• cpe apple/macosversion unspecified
• cpe apple/tvosversion unspecified
• cpe apple/watchosversion unspecified
• vendor Apple Multiple Productsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-48618

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Feb 21, 2024.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Jan 9, 2024 · Catalog

   Detected

   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.

2. Jan 31, 2024 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

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

3. Feb 21, 2024 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

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

4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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.

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-48618

  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.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-48618

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-48618

  30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-48618

  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

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-48618

  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.

  vulncheck.com

References

• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
• CISA note · support.apple.com
• CISA note · support.apple.com
• CISA note · support.apple.com
• CISA note · support.apple.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.