About the security content of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5
This document describes the security content of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5.
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iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5
Released May 16, 2022
AppleAVD
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
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-2022-26702: an anonymous researcher, Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic), and John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
Entry updated March 16, 2023
AppleGraphicsControl
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-26751: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
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-2022-26736: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26737: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26738: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26739: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26740: an anonymous researcher
DriverKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-26763: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)
FaceTime
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to access private information
Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime.
CVE-2022-32781: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing
Entry added July 6, 2022
GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
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-2022-26744: an anonymous researcher
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-26711: actae0n of Blacksun Hackers Club working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
IOKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2022-26701: chenyuwang (@mzzzz__) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab
IOSurfaceAccelerator
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26771: an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26714: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng (@peternguyen14) of STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg)
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
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-2022-26757: Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26764: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2022-26765: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)
LaunchServices
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third-party applications.
CVE-2022-26706: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Jonathan Bar Or of Microsoft
Entry updated July 6, 2022
libresolv
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-26775: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team
Entry added June 21, 2022
libresolv
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26708: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team
Entry added June 21, 2022
libresolv
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32790: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team
Entry added June 21, 2022
libresolv
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26776: Max Shavrick (@_mxms) of the Google Security Team, Zubair Ashraf of Crowdstrike
Entry added June 21, 2022
libxml2
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2022-23308
Notes
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing a large input may lead to a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-22673: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal
Safari Private Browsing
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious website may be able to track users in Safari private browsing mode
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26731: an anonymous researcher
Security
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious app may be able to bypass signature validation
Description: A certificate parsing issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26766: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)
Shortcuts
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access photos from the lock screen
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26703: Salman Syed (@slmnsd551)
Spotlight
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2022-26704: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman), and Joshua Mason of Mandiant
Entry added December 21, 2023
TCC
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26726: Antonio Cheong Yu Xuan of YCISCQ
Entry added March 16, 2023
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 238178
CVE-2022-26700: ryuzaki
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 236950
CVE-2022-26709: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 237475
CVE-2022-26710: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 238171
CVE-2022-26717: Jeonghoon Shin of Theori
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 238183
CVE-2022-26716: SorryMybad (@S0rryMybad) of Kunlun Lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 238699
CVE-2022-26719: Dongzhuo Zhao working with ADLab of Venustech
WebRTC
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Video self-preview in a webRTC call may be interrupted if the user answers a phone call
Description: A logic issue in the handling of concurrent media was addressed with improved state handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 237524
CVE-2022-22677: an anonymous researcher
Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious application may disclose restricted memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26745: Scarlet Raine
Entry updated July 6, 2022
Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26760: 08Tc3wBB of ZecOps Mobile EDR Team
Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2015-4142: Kostya Kortchinsky of Google Security Team
Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-26762: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Additional recognition
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
FaceTime
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
FileVault
We would like to acknowledge Benjamin Adolphi of Promon Germany GmbH for their assistance.
Entry added March 16, 2023
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge James Lee and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Entry updated May 25, 2022
Wi-Fi
We would like to acknowledge 08Tc3wBB of ZecOps Mobile EDR Team for their assistance.
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