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

> CVE-2022-48618: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVSS 7.0 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-48618
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:05:29Z

- Published: 2024-01-09 17:58 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05 UTC · Assigner: apple
- CVSS: 7.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.49%, 42th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2024-01-31, federal due date 2024-02-21, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- apple: ipados
- apple: iphone\_os
- apple: macos
- apple: tvos
- apple: watchos
- Apple: iOS and iPadOS
- Apple: macOS
- Apple: tvOS
- Apple: watchOS

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48618)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48618)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-48618 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-48618.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2022-48618 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:05:30.360Z