Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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.
What happened
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 lists it as exploited, added 31 Jan 2024.
Does it affect you
Names Apple macOS. Enter the product and version you run to place it against the affected range the vendor published.
What to do
- Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
cisa.gov
CISA’s notes for this entry:
Affected, as published to NVD
- macos
- Apple macOS: 13.0 up to the fix in 13.1
The record
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 09 Jan 2024, last modified 17 Jun 2026 (NVD)
- Severity
- CVSS 3.1 base score 7.0, High — computed here from the vector; NVD states 7.0.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (NVD; names by MITRE)
- Exploitation
- Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue since 31 Jan 2024; federal remediation due 21 Feb 2024. CISA entry
- Vendor
- Apple · Multiple Products (CISA)
References on the NVD record
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536Release NotesVendor Advisory
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48618US Government Resource
Sources
The verdict above is computed from the products and versions you entered and the affected ranges the vendor published to NVD. It does not inspect your environment, and this site never reports a product as unaffected: why.