CVE-2022-48503 on CISA KEV

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Safari 15.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Safari 15.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified
Apple	tvOS	unspecified
Apple	Safari	unspecified
Apple	watchOS	unspecified
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified

06Detection

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