CVE-2022-48618
Actively exploited. CVE-2022-48618 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-01-31) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 39% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-48618: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-01-31
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