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

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2022-48618
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Appleproduct: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOSMemory corruption
What
A time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) memory corruption vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass Pointer Authentication.
Who is affected
Users of Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the latest versions of Apple operating systems to mitigate the vulnerability.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-01-31
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48618

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2022-48618coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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