The issue was addressed with improved checks.
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 16.2, 13.1, 9.2
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Apple's macOS, watchOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS are affected. An attacker who can already read and write arbitrary memory could bypass Pointer Authentication, a security feature that protects against memory-corruption attacks.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild
- CISA remediation deadline
Due date for US federal agencies to patch
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Apple tvOS
From unspecified · fixed in 16.2
- Apple macOS
From unspecified · fixed in 13.1
- Apple iOS and iPadOS
From unspecified · fixed in 16.2
- Apple watchOS
From unspecified · fixed in 9.2