CVE-2022-48618

Summary

CVE-2022-48618 is a vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, watchOS, iOS, and iPadOS, as well as tvOS. This issue allows an attacker with arbitrary read-write capability to bypass Pointer Authentication, potentially gaining unauthorized access. Apple has addressed this vulnerability in the latest updates of these operating systems, including macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2, iOS 16.2, and iPadOS 16.2, as well as tvOS 16.2. It is known that this issue may have been exploited in previous versions of iOS before 15.7.1.

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