About the security content of iOS 12.5.6

This document describes the security content of iOS 12.5.6.

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iOS 12.5.6

iOS 12 is not impacted by CVE-2022-32894.

Released August 31, 2022

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation)

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

WebKit Bugzilla: 243557
CVE-2022-32893: an anonymous researcher

 

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