Apple Multiple Products Unspecified 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.
What happened
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.
CISA lists it as exploited, added 20 Oct 2025.
Does it affect you
Names Apple macOS. Enter the product and version you run to place it against the affected range the vendor published.
What to do
- Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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CISA’s notes for this entry:
Affected, as published to NVD
- macos
- Apple macOS: 12.0.0 up to the fix in 12.5
The record
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 14 Aug 2023, last modified 17 Jun 2026 (NVD)
- Severity
- CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8, High — computed here from the vector; NVD states 8.8.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-129 (NVD; names by MITRE)
- Exploitation
- Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue since 20 Oct 2025; federal remediation due 10 Nov 2025. CISA entry
- Vendor
- Apple · Multiple Products (CISA)
References on the NVD record
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346Release NotesVendor Advisory
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-48503US Government Resource
Sources
The verdict above is computed from the products and versions you entered and the affected ranges the vendor published to NVD. It does not inspect your environment, and this site never reports a product as unaffected: why.