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

Released December 14, 2020

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

Entry added March 16, 2021

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

Entry added March 16, 2021

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

Entry updated December 22, 2020

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

Entry added March 16, 2021

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

Entry updated March 16, 2021

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

Entry updated March 16, 2021

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

Entry updated December 17, 2020

Security

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Unauthorized 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

Wi-Fi

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation.

CVE-2021-31077: Lee of CompSec@SNU

Entry added June 6, 2023

Additional recognition

CoreAudio

We would like to acknowledge JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab for their assistance.

Entry added March 16, 2021

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