CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-48503

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2023-08-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability — Apple Multiple Products

Apple macOS, iOS, tvOS, Safari, and watchOS contain an unspecified vulnerability in JavaScriptCore that when processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.

Added to KEV: 2025-10-20
Remediation due: 2025-11-10
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48503

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-08-14
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-129

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• apple safari (< 15.6) • apple ipados (< 15.6) • apple iphone os (< 15.6) • apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.5) • apple tvos (< 15.6) • apple watchos (< 8.7)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness

References