CVE-2022-48618: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Vendor

Apple

Product

Multiple Products

Added to the catalog

2024-01-31

Due date for US federal agencies

2024-02-21

Weaknesses

CWE-367

Catalog version

2026.10.30

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.

Required action (CISA)

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

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• 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

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2024-01-09T18:15:45.120

Last modified

2026-06-17T05:15:43.393

Weaknesses

CWE-367

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.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48618 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

apple

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2024-01-09T17:58:59.097Z

Updated

2025-10-21T23:05:29.157Z

Problem types

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.

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.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

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