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iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2
Released December 13, 2022
Accessibility
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A user with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user photos via accessibility features
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2022-46717: Zitong Wu(吴梓桐) from Zhuhai No.1 Middle School(珠海市第一中学)
Entry added March 16, 2023
Accounts
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A user may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2022-42843: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
AppleAVD
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to kernel code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-46694: Andrey Labunets and Nikita Tarakanov
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime.
CVE-2022-42865: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing
AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-42848: ABC Research s.r.o
CoreServices
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2022-42859: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
dyld
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-46720: Yonghwi Jin (@jinmo123) of Theori
Entry added March 16, 2023
GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-46702: Xia0o0o0o of W4terDr0p, Sun Yat-sen University
Graphics Driver
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2022-42850: Willy R. Vasquez of The University of Texas at Austin
Graphics Driver
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42846: Willy R. Vasquez of The University of Texas at Austin
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-46693: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted TIFF file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42851: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2022-42864: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
IOMobileFrameBuffer
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2022-46690: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
iTunes Store
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-42837: Weijia Dai (@dwj1210) of Momo Security
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2022-46689: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Connecting to a malicious NFS server may lead to arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-46701: Felix Poulin-Belanger
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42842: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-42861: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42844: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2022-42845: Adam Doupé of ASU SEFCOM
Networking
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Private Relay functionality did not match system settings
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-46716
Entry added March 16, 2023
Photos
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Shake-to-undo may allow a deleted photo to be re-surfaced without authentication
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32943: an anonymous researcher
ppp
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2022-42840: an anonymous researcher
Preferences
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to use arbitrary entitlements
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-42855: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
Printing
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2022-42862: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Safari
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing
Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-46695: KirtiKumar Anandrao Ramchandani
Software Update
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2022-42849: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
TCC
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2022-46718: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas Entry added May 1, 2023
Weather Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2022-46703: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing, and an anonymous researcher Entry added March 16, 2023
Weather Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. CVE-2022-42866: an anonymous researcher WebKit Available for: iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1. Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. WebKit Bugzilla: 248266 Entry added December 22, 2022
WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2022-46705: Hyeon Park (@tree_segment) of Team ApplePIE Entry added December 22, 2022, updated March 16, 2023
WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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. WebKit Bugzilla: 245521 WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. WebKit Bugzilla: 245466 WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. WebKit Bugzilla: 246783 WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. WebKit Bugzilla: 246721 Entry updated December 22, 2022
WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. WebKit Bugzilla: 246942 WebKit Bugzilla: 247562 WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. WebKit Bugzilla: 247066 Entry updated December 22, 2022
WebKit Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. WebKit Bugzilla: 247420 WebKit Bugzilla: 244622
CVE-2022-42856: Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2022-42867: Maddie Stone of Google Project Zero
CVE-2022-46691: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-46692: KirtiKumar Anandrao Ramchandani
CVE-2022-42852: hazbinhotel working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2022-46696: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security
CVE-2022-46700: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security
CVE-2022-46698: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of DNSLab at Korea University, Ryan Shin of IAAI SecLab at Korea University
CVE-2022-46699: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security
CVE-2022-42863: an anonymous researcher

Additional recognition
App Store
We would like to acknowledge Iago Cavalcante of Billy for Insurance for their assistance.
Entry added May 1, 2023
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Zweig of Kunlun Lab and pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab for their assistance.
Safari Extensions
We would like to acknowledge Oliver Dunk and Christian R. of 1Password for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher and scarlet for their assistance.