CVE-2022-48618: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 31 Jan 2024, 22 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 0.5%
EPSS score, percentile 41.8 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 7.0 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline 21 Feb 2024. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- before 16.2
- before 13.1
- before 16.2
- before 9.2
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: 21 February 2024.
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- 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
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 16.2 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 13.1 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 16.2 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 9.2 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
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.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2022-48618 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 31 Jan 2024.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 21 Feb 2024.
- The CVE record was published on 9 Jan 2024, 22 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.5% (percentile 41.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 9 Jan 2024 | CVE record published |
| 31 Jan 2024 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 21 Feb 2024 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 21 Oct 2025 | CVE record last updated |
References
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