CVE-2022-48503

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-20. Federal remediation due 2025-11-10.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-08-14 22:40Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-06-12

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-129Improper Validation of Array IndexVariant
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f4d732bac4f188358b16d2a51a99672eb3d6a737a237970a1ea34b0e641cd905

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48503government-resource