This document describes the security content of watchOS 11.4.
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 releases page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
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Released April 1, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary file metadata
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-24097: Ron Masas of BREAKPOINT.SH
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker on the local network may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24251: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
Entry added April 28, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass ASLR
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-43205: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added July 29, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24244: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24243: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Password autofill may fill in passwords after failing authentication
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-30430: Dominik Rath
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious website may be able to claim WebAuthn credentials from another website that shares a registrable suffix
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24180: Martin Kreichgauer of Google Chrome
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-24237: Yutong Xiu (@Sou1gh0st)
Entry updated May 28, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-30429: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24212: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24163: Google Threat Analysis Group
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24230: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-31196: wac working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added May 28, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24190: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-30454: pattern-f (@pattern_F_)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-31191: Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo) of Microsoft, and an anonymous researcher
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24182: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-31203: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
Entry added April 28, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An input validation issue was addressed
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-9681
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-30439: Andr.Ess
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
CVE-2025-24283: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging
CVE-2025-30447: LFY@secsys from Fudan University
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Parsing an image may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: A logic error was addressed with improved error handling.
CVE-2025-24210: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24257: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to attempt passcode entries on a locked device and thereby cause escalating time delays after 4 failures
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2025-30432: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @biscuit@social.lol
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An input validation issue was addressed
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-48958
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24194: an anonymous researcher
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2025-27113
CVE-2024-56171
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24178: an anonymous researcher
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CVE-2025-31182: Alex Radocea and Dave G. of Supernetworks, 风沐云烟(@binary_fmyy) and Minghao Lin(@Y1nKoc)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24238: an anonymous researcher
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-30470: LFY@secsys from Fudan University
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2025-30426: Jimmy
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2025-24173: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
CVE-2025-24113: @RenwaX23
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-30467: @RenwaX23
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A download's origin may be incorrectly associated
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24167: Syarif Muhammad Sajjad
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-30471: Bing Shi, Wenchao Li, Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group, Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to dismiss the system notification on the Lock Screen that a recording was started
Description: This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2025-30438: Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app
Description: This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2025-30433: Andrew James Gonzalez
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved restriction of data container access.
CVE-2025-31183: Kirin (@Pwnrin), Bohdan Stasiuk (@bohdan_stasiuk)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2025-24217: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by not logging contents of text fields.
CVE-2025-24214: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. This is a supplementary fix for an attack that was blocked in iOS 17.2. (Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.)
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions.
WebKit Bugzilla: 285858
CVE-2025-24201: Apple
Entry added April 9, 2025
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 285892
CVE-2025-24264: Gary Kwong, and an anonymous researcher
WebKit Bugzilla: 284055
CVE-2025-24216: Paul Bakker of ParagonERP
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286462
CVE-2025-24209: Francisco Alonso (@revskills), and an anonymous researcher
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 285643
CVE-2025-30427: rheza (@ginggilBesel)
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious website may be able to track users in Safari private browsing mode
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286580
CVE-2025-30425: an anonymous researcher
We would like to acknowledge Bohdan Stasiuk (@bohdan_stasiuk) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Byron Fecho for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge 神罚(@Pwnrin) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Jann Horn of Google Project Zero for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Kirin and FlowerCode for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Kirin@Pwnrin and LFY@secsys from Fudan University for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge D4m0n for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Doria Tang, Ka Lok Wu, Prof. Sze Yiu Chau of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, K宝 and LFY@secsys from Fudan University for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge parkminchan from Korea Univ. for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Bistrit Dahal for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Benjamin Hornbeck for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Marc Schoenefeld, Dr. rer. nat. for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Kevin Jones (GitHub) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup, and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Lyutoon for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge K宝(@Pwnrin) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Gary Kwong, P1umer (@p1umer) and Q1IQ (@q1iqF), Wai Kin Wong, Dongwei Xiao, Shuai Wang and Daoyuan Wu of HKUST Cybersecurity Lab, Anthony Lai(@darkfloyd1014) of VXRL, Wong Wai Kin, Dongwei Xiao and Shuai Wang of HKUST Cybersecurity Lab, Anthony Lai (@darkfloyd1014) of VXRL., Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING LAB, 냥냥, and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.