About the security content of Safari 16
This document describes the security content of Safari 16.
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Safari 16
Safari Extensions
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: A website may be able to track users through Safari web extensions
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-32868: Michael
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32886: P1umer, afang5472, xmzyshypnc
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32912: Jeonghoon Shin (@singi21a) at Theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
CVE-2022-32891: @real_as3617 and an anonymous researcher
WebKit Sandboxing
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: An access issue was addressed with improvements to the sandbox.
CVE-2022-32892: @18楼梦想改造家 and @jq0904 of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab
WebKit Storage
Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2022-32833: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security, Jeff Johnson
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