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About the security content of watchOS 2.2.2

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# About the security content of watchOS 2.2.2 This document describes the security content of watchOS 2.2.2. ## About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the [Apple security updates](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222>) page. For more information about security, see the [Apple Product Security](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201220>) page. You can encrypt communications with Apple using the [Apple Product Security PGP Key](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201601>). Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by [CVE-ID](<http://cve.mitre.org/about/>) when possible. ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## watchOS 2.2.2 Released July 18, 2016 **CoreGraphics** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-4637 : Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos (talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports) **ImageIO** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-4632 : Evgeny Sidorov of Yandex **ImageIO** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-4631 : Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos (talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports) **ImageIO** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-7705: Craig Young of Tripwire VERT Entry added November 30, 2017 **IOAcceleratorFamily** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved validation. CVE-2016-4627 : Ju Zhu of Trend Micro **IOAcceleratorFamily** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved bounds checking. CVE-2016-4628 : Ju Zhu of Trend Micro **IOHIDFamily** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation. CVE-2016-4626 : Stefan Esser of SektionEins **IOHIDFamily** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-4650 : Peter Pi of Trend Micro working with HP's Zero Day Initiative Entry added July 29, 2016 **Kernel** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-1863 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero CVE-2016-4653 : Ju Zhu of Trend Micro CVE-2016-4582 : Shrek_wzw and Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team **Kernel** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation. CVE-2016-1865 : CESG, Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab (@keen_lab), Tencent **Libc** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A buffer overflow existed within the "link_ntoa()" function in linkaddr.c. This issue was addressed through additional bounds checking. CVE-2016-6559 : Apple Entry added January 10, 2017 **libxml2** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in libxml2 Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2015-8317 : Hanno Boeck CVE-2016-1836 : Wei Lei and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University CVE-2016-4447 : Wei Lei and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University CVE-2016-4448 : Apple CVE-2016-4483 : Gustavo Grieco CVE-2016-4614 : Nick Wellnhofer CVE-2016-4615 : Nick Wellnhofer CVE-2016-4616 : Michael Paddon Entry updated June 5, 2017 **libxml2** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted XML document may lead to disclosure of user information Description: An access issue existed in the parsing of maliciously crafted XML files. This issue was addressed through improved input validation. CVE-2016-4449 : Kostya Serebryany **libxslt** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in libxslt Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2016-1683 : Nicolas Grégoire CVE-2016-1684 : Nicolas Grégoire CVE-2016-4607 : Nick Wellnhofer CVE-2016-4608 : Nicolas Grégoire CVE-2016-4609 : Nick Wellnhofer CVE-2016-4610 : Nick Wellnhofer Entry updated April 11, 2017 **Sandbox Profiles** Available for: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Edition, and Apple Watch Hermes Impact: A local application may be able to access the process list Description: An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed through additional restrictions. CVE-2016-4594 : Stefan Esser of SektionEins Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. [Contact the vendor](<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2693>) for additional information. Published Date: November 30, 2017


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
watchos 2.2.2

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