About the security content of iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8

This document describes the security content of iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8.

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iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8

Core Data

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables.

CVE-2024-27805: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and 小来来 (@Smi1eSEC)

CoreMedia

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27817: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CoreMedia

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27831: Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations

Foundation

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27789: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

IOHIDFamily

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An unprivileged app may be able to log keystrokes in other apps including those using secure input mode

Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.

CVE-2024-27799: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: A user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27818: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory protections

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27840: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to spoof network packets

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-27823: Prof. Benny Pinkas of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Amit Klein of Hebrew University, and EP

Mail

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to leak Mail account credentials

Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2024-23251: Gil Pedersen

Mail

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: A maliciously crafted email may be able to initiate FaceTime calls without user authorization

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-23282: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun)

Messages

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-27800: Daniel Zajork and Joshua Zajork

Metal

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27802: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitsmm) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

RTKit

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2024-23296

Shortcuts

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27855: an anonymous researcher

Spotlight

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization.

CVE-2024-27806

Symptom Framework

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An app may be able to circumvent App Privacy Report logging

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27807: Romy R.

Sync Services

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks

CVE-2024-27847: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Voice Control

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27796: ajajfxhj

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user

Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.

CVE-2024-27838: Emilio Cobos of Mozilla

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-27833: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27834: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

WebKit Web Inspector

Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27820: Jeff Johnson of underpassapp.com