CVE-2022-48618 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS that allows an attacker with arbitrary read and write capabilities to bypass Pointer Authentication. This local vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a CVSS score of 7.0. Apple has confirmed active exploitation of this flaw in iOS versions prior to 15.7.1, and it is listed in CISA's KEV catalog. While no public exploit code is available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its importance.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.