About the security content of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2
This document describes the security content of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2.
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iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2
Audio
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27910: JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Audio
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27916: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CallKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a user may answer two calls simultaneously without indication they have answered a second call
Description: an issue existed in the handling of incoming calls. The issue was addressed with additional state checks.
CVE-2020-27925: Nick Tangri
CoreAudio
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-10017: Francis (working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreAudio
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27908: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2020-27909: Anonymous (working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreGraphics
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-9897: S.Y. of ZecOps Mobile XDR, an anonymous researcher
CoreText
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: a logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-27922: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro
Crash Reporter
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: an issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitisation.
CVE-2020-10003: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan
FontParser
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.
Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27930: Google Project Zero
FontParser
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-27927: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Foundation
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a local user may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: a logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-10002: James Hutchins
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27924: Lei Sun
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27912: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2020-27923: Lei Sun
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-27905: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.
Description: a memory initialisation issue was addressed.
CVE-2020-27950: Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: a logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-9974: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-10016: Alex Helie
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.
Description: a type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2020-27932: Google Project Zero
Keyboard
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access stored passwords without authentication
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-27902: Connor Ford (@connorford2)
libxml2
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2020-27917: Found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2020-27920: Found by OSS-Fuzz
libxml2
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: an integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27911: Found by OSS-Fuzz
libxml2
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2020-27926: found by OSS-Fuzz
Logging
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: a path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2020-10010: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
Model I/O
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: opening a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: a logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-10004: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Model I/O
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: an out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-13524: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Model I/O
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-10011: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Symptom Framework
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2020-27899: 08Tc3wBB (working with ZecOps)
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2020-27918: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
XNU
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later
Impact: a sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: multiple issues were addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2020-27935: Lior Halphon (@LIJI32)
Additional recognition
NetworkExtension
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Gabriel Corona for their assistance.
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