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CVE-2022-48618

Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA KEV record

CISA date added
2024-01-31
CISA due date
2024-02-21
Known ransomware use
Unknown

NVD risk context

7.0 HIGH

CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.

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Attack vector
Local
An attacker needs local access to the affected system.
Attack complexity
High
Exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker’s direct control.
Privileges required
Low
The attacker needs limited privileges before exploiting the issue.
User interaction
None
No action by another user is required.

Description

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

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

NVD reference index

Vendor and remediation references

NVD has tagged these sources as vendor advisories, patches, mitigations, or release notes.

Other NVD references (1)

MITRE CWE context

CWE classification

CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.

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NVD record timing

NVD record timeline

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NVD published
Jan 09, 2024, 06:15 PM UTC
When NVD first published this CVE record.
NVD last updated
Jun 17, 2026, 05:15 AM UTC
When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CISA 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