About the security content of iOS 11.4.1
This document describes the security content of iOS 11.4.1.
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iOS 11.4.1
CFNetwork
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Cookies may unexpectedly persist in Safari
Description: A cookie management issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2018-4293: an anonymous researcher
Core Bluetooth
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4327: Apple
Emoji
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing an emoji under certain configurations may lead to a denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4290: Patrick Wardle of Digita Security
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2018-4282: Adam Donenfeld (@doadam) of the Zimperium zLabs Team, Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team, Valentin "slashd" Shilnenkov
libxpc
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4280: Brandon Azad
libxpc
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2018-4248: Brandon Azad
LinkPresentation
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
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-2018-4277: xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
Phone
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass the call confirmation prompt
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of call URLs. This issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2018-4216: Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo)
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin
Description: Sound fetched through audio elements may be exfiltrated cross-origin. This issue was addressed with improved audio taint tracking.
CVE-2018-4278: Jun Kokatsu (@shhnjk)
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2018-4266: found by OSS-Fuzz
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
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-2018-4274: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4270: found by OSS-Fuzz
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4284: found by OSS-Fuzz
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4261: Omair working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2018-4262: Mateusz Krzywicki working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2018-4263: Arayz working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2018-4264: found by OSS-Fuzz, Yu Zhou and Jundong Xie of Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
CVE-2018-4265: cc working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2018-4267: Arayz of Pangu team working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2018-4272: found by OSS-Fuzz
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2018-4271: found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2018-4273: found by OSS-Fuzz
WebKit Page Loading
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2018-4260: xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4275: Brandon Azad
Additional recognition
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge juwei lin (@panicaII) of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative for their assistance.
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