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CVE-2022-48618
Apple Multiple Products
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U H H H 7.0 .0049 39.8 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
tvOS unspecified – —
macOS unspecified – —
iOS and iPadOS unspecified – —
watchOS unspecified – —
TIMELINE
Jan 5 Reserved by apple
Jan 9 Published (CNA: apple)
Jan 31 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-02-21
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| January 5, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by apple |
| January 9, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: apple) |
| January 31, 2024 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-02-21 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 4 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Apple | tvOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | watchOS | — | unspecified | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-48618 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.