Published Aug 22, 2023Sources checked Oct 30, 2026
6.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2022-48564 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
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Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS1.7%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2022-48564?
read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.