About the security content of watchOS 7.2

This document describes the security content of watchOS 7.2.

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watchOS 7.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Security

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Unauthorised 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.