About the security content of watchOS 8.5
This document describes the security content of watchOS 8.5.
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watchOS 8.5
Accelerate Framework
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22633: ryuzaki
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-22666: Marc Schoenefeld, Dr. rer. nat.
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-2022-22611: Xingyu Jin of Google
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-22612: Xingyu Jin of Google
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-22596: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-22640: sqrtpwn
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-22613: Alex, an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2022-22614: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-22615: an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22632: Keegan Saunders
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-22638: derrek (@derrekr6)
LaunchServices
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2021-30946: @gorelics, and Ron Masas of BreakPoint.sh
libarchive
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Multiple issues in libarchive
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in libarchive. These issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-36976
LLVM
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An application may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2022-21658: Florian Weimer (@fweimer)
MediaRemote
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to identify what other applications a user has installed
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2022-22670: Brandon Azad
Phone
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A user may be able to bypass the Emergency SOS passcode prompt
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-22618: Yicong Ding (@AntonioDing)
Preferences
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to read other applications' settings
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2022-22609: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)
Safari
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: A user interface issue was addressed.
CVE-2022-22654: Abdullah Md Shaleh of take0ver
Sandbox
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.
CVE-2022-22600: Sudhakar Muthumani (@sudhakarmuthu04) of Primefort Private Limited, Khiem Tran
Siri
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A person with physical access to a device may be able to use Siri to obtain some location information from the lock screen
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-22599: Andrew Goldberg of the University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business (linkedin.com/andrew-goldberg-/)
UIKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to see sensitive information via keyboard suggestions
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-22621: Joey Hewitt
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information
Description: A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22662: Prakash (@1lastBr3ath) of Threat Nix
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22610: Quan Yin of Bigo Technology Live Client Team
WebKit
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-2022-22624: Kirin (@Pwnrin) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab
CVE-2022-22628: Kirin (@Pwnrin) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-22629: Jeonghoon Shin at Theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious website may cause unexpected cross-origin behavior
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22637: Tom McKee of Google
Additional recognition
AirDrop
We would like to acknowledge Omar Espino (omespino.com), Ron Masas of BreakPoint.sh for their assistance.
Bluetooth
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Face Gallery
We would like to acknowledge Tian Zhang (@KhaosT) for their assistance.
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Konstantin Darutkin of FingerprintJS (fingerprintjs.com) for their assistance.
Shortcuts
We would like to acknowledge Baibhav Anand Jha of Streamers Land for their assistance.
Siri
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
syslog
We would like to acknowledge Yonghwi Jin (@jinmo123) of Theori for their assistance.
UIKit
We would like to acknowledge Tim Shadel of Day Logger, Inc. for their assistance.
Wallet
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Abdullah Md Shaleh for their assistance.
WebKit Storage
We would like to acknowledge Martin Bajanik of FingerprintJS for their assistance.
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