About the security content of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2

This document describes the security content of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2.

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iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2

Released 5 November 2020

Audio

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-27910: JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Audio

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-27916: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CallKit

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a user may answer two calls simultaneously without indication they have answered a second call

Description: an issue existed in the handling of incoming calls. The issue was addressed with additional state checks.

CVE-2020-27925: Nick Tangri

CoreAudio

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-10017: Francis (working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CoreAudio

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-27908: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CVE-2020-27909: Anonymous (working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry updated 16 March 2021

CoreGraphics

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

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

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

CVE-2020-9897: S.Y. of ZecOps Mobile XDR, an anonymous researcher

Entry added 25 October 2021

CoreText

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-27922: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro

Entry added 16 March 2021

Crash Reporter

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

Description: an issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitisation.

CVE-2020-10003: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan

FontParser

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2020-27930: Google Project Zero

FontParser

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-27927: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Foundation

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a local user may be able to read arbitrary files

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

CVE-2020-10002: James Hutchins

ImageIO

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 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-2020-27924: Lei Sun

Entry added 16 March 2021

ImageIO

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-27912: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CVE-2020-27923: Lei Sun

Entry updated 16 March 2021

IOAcceleratorFamily

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

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

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

CVE-2020-27905: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.

Description: a memory initialisation issue was addressed.

CVE-2020-27950: Google Project Zero

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout

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

CVE-2020-9974: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

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

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

CVE-2020-10016: Alex Helie

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.

Description: a type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2020-27932: Google Project Zero

Keyboard

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access stored passwords without authentication

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

CVE-2020-27902: Connor Ford (@connorford2)

libxml2

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

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

CVE-2020-27917: found by OSS-Fuzz

CVE-2020-27920: found by OSS-Fuzz

Entry updated 16 March 2021

libxml2

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: an integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2020-27911: found by OSS-Fuzz

libxml2

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 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-2020-27926: found by OSS-Fuzz

Logging

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

Description: a path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2020-10010: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

Model I/O

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: opening a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-10004: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

Model I/O

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2020-13524: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

Model I/O

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: an out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2020-10011: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

Symptom Framework

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

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

CVE-2020-27899: 08Tc3wBB working with ZecOps

Entry added 15 December 2020

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 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-2020-27918: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry updated 16 March 2021

XNU

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later

Impact: a sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions

Description: multiple issues were addressed with improved logic.

CVE-2020-27935: Lior Halphon (@LIJI32)

Entry added 15 December 2020

Additional recognition

NetworkExtension

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Entry added 15 December 2020

Safari

We would like to acknowledge Gabriel Corona for their assistance.

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