Apple Security Advisory 2022-07-20-6 - watchOS 8.7 addresses buffer overflow, bypass, code execution, out of bounds read, out of bounds write, and spoofing vulnerabilities.
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APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-6 watchOS 8.7
watchOS 8.7 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/HT213340.
APFS
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary
code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32832: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32788: Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32824: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) and John Aakerblom
(@jaakerblom)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32826: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: Apple Watch Series 4
and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32845: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: Apple Watch Series 4
and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32840: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: Apple Watch Series 4
and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32810: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)
Audio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2022-32820: an anonymous researcher
Audio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32825: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
CoreText
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or
arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32839: STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg)
File System Events
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32819: Joshua Mason of Mandiant
GPU Drivers
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: Multiple out-of-bounds write issues were addressed with
improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32793: an anonymous researcher
GPU Drivers
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2022-32821: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
ICU
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32787: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs
& DNSLab, Korea Univ.
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in
disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32841: hjy79425575
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary
code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32813: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
CVE-2022-32815: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32817: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be
able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32844: Sreejith Krishnan R (@skr0x1c0)
Liblouis
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code
execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26981: Hexhive (hexhive.epfl.ch), NCNIPC of China
(nipc.org.cn)
libxml2
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with
improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32823
Multi-Touch
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved
checks.
CVE-2022-32814: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927)
Multi-Touch
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2022-32814: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927)
Software Update
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A user in a privileged network position can track a user’s
activity
Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending
information over the network.
CVE-2022-32857: Jeffrey Paul (sneak.berlin)
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to
UI spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 239316
CVE-2022-32816: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs
& DNSLab, Korea Univ.
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 240720
CVE-2022-32792: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro Zero
Day Initiative
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system
termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32847: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Additional recognition
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive
Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, and Wojciech Reguła
(@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
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We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive
Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, and Wojciech Reguła
(@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
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