About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
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watchOS 7.2
Released December 14, 2020
Audio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may disclose restricted memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-29610: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added March 16, 2021
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-27948: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
FontParser
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-29608: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added March 16, 2021
FontParser
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-27946: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero
FontParser
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of font files. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27943: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero
CVE-2020-27944: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero
CVE-2020-29624: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero
Entry updated December 22, 2020
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-29615: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added March 16, 2021
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-29617: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2020-29619: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry updated March 16, 2021
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 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-2020-29618: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry updated March 16, 2021
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-29611: Alexandru-Vlad Niculae working with Google Project Zero
Entry updated December 17, 2020
Security
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Unauthorized code execution may lead to an authentication policy violation
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2020-27951: Apple
WebRTC
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 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-2020-15969: an anonymous researcher
Additional recognition
CoreAudio
We would like to acknowledge JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab for their assistance.
Entry added March 16, 2021