About the security content of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16

This document describes the security content of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.

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iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16

Apple Neural Engine

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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-2022-32932: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.

CVE-2022-42825: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Apple TV

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

CVE-2022-32909: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Audio

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-42798: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

AVEVideoEncoder

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 bounds checks.

CVE-2022-32940: ABC Research s.r.o.

Backup

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to access iOS backups

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2022-32929: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

CFNetwork

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2022-42813: Jonathan Zhang of Open Computing Facility (ocf.berkeley.edu)

Core Bluetooth

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to record audio with paired AirPods

Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third party apps.

CVE-2022-32945: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)

Core Bluetooth

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to record audio using a pair of connected AirPods

Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.

CVE-2022-32946: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)

FaceTime

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A user may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen

Description: A lock screen issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-32935: Bistrit Dahal

GPU Drivers

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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-2022-32947: Asahi Lina (@LinaAsahi)

Graphics Driver

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 bounds checks.

CVE-2022-32939: Willy R. Vasquez of The University of Texas at Austin

IOHIDFamily

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-42820: Peter Pan ZhenPeng of STAR Labs

IOKit

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 locking.

CVE-2022-42806: Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or potentially execute code with kernel privileges

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2022-46712: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-32944: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 locking.

CVE-2022-42803: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab, John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 bounds checks.

CVE-2022-32926: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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-2022-42801: 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, 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-2022-32924: 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, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution

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

CVE-2022-42808: Zweig of Kunlun Lab

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

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

CVE-2022-42827: an anonymous researcher

Model I/O

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-42810: Xingwei Lin (@xwlin_roy) and Yinyi Wu of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

NetworkExtension

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-46715: IES Red Team of ByteDance

ppp

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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-2022-42828: 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, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A buffer overflow may result in arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2022-32941: 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, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2022-42829: 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, 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-2022-42830: 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, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2022-42831: an anonymous researcher

CVE-2022-42832: an anonymous researcher

Safari

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may leak sensitive data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-42817: Mir Masood Ali, PhD student, University of Illinois at Chicago; Binoy Chitale, MS student, Stony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago; Chris Kanich, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago; Nick Nikiforakis, Associate Professor, Stony Brook University; Jason Polakis, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sandbox

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

CVE-2022-42811: Justin Bui (@slyd0g) of Snowflake

Shortcuts

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary path on the file system

Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.

CVE-2022-32938: Cristian Dinca of Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of. Romania

Weather

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.

CVE-2022-42792: an anonymous researcher

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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.

CVE-2022-42826: Francisco Alonso (@revskills)

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing

Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.

CVE-2022-42799: Jihwan Kim (@gPayl0ad), Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun)

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-42823: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Labs

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 state management.

CVE-2022-42824: Abdulrahman Alqabandi of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research, Ryan Shin of IAAI SecLab at Korea University, Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of DNSLab at Korea University

WebKit PDF

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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.

CVE-2022-32922: Yonghwi Jin (@jinmo123) at Theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose internal states of the app

Description: A correctness issue in the JIT was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-32923: Wonyoung Jung (@nonetype_pwn) of KAIST Hacking Lab

Wi-Fi

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Joining a malicious Wi-Fi network may result in a denial-of-service of the Settings app

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32927: Dr Hideaki Goto of Tohoku University, Japan

zlib

Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later

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

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-37434: Evgeny Legerov

CVE-2022-42800: Evgeny Legerov

Additional recognition

iCloud

We would like to acknowledge Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai for their assistance.

IOGPUFamily

We would like to acknowledge Wang Yu of cyberserval for their assistance.

Image Processing

We would like to acknowledge Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University for their assistance.

Kernel

We would like to acknowledge Peter Nguyen of STAR Labs, Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai, Tommy Muir (@Muirey03) for their assistance.

WebKit

We would like to acknowledge Maddie Stone of Google Project Zero, Narendra Bhati (@imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd., an anonymous researcher for their assistance.