About the security content of iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7

This document describes the security content of iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7.

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iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7

Released September 12, 2022

Apple Neural Engine

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 execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32898: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)

CVE-2022-32899: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)

Entry added October 27, 2022

Audio

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: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2022-42796: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Entry added October 27, 2022, updated May 1, 2023

Backup

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 access iOS backups

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2022-32929: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Entry added October 27, 2022

Contacts

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-2022-32854: Holger Fuhrmannek of Deutsche Telekom Security

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 app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32911: Zweig of Kunlun Lab

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 app may be able to disclose kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2022-32864: 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: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2022-32917: an anonymous researcher

Maps

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 read sensitive location information

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2022-32883: Ron Masas, breakpointhq.com

MediaLibrary

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 user may be able to elevate privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2022-32908: an anonymous researcher

Notifications

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 user with physical access to a device may be able to access contacts from the lock screen

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-32879: Ubeydullah Sümer

Entry added October 27, 2022

Safari

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: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-32795: Narendra Bhati of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd. Pune (India) @imnarendrabhati

Safari Extensions

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 website may be able to track users through Safari web extensions

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 242278
CVE-2022-32868: Michael

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: An app may be able to bypass code signing checks

Description: An issue in code signature validation was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2022-42793: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)

Entry added October 27, 2022

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: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2022-32872: Elite Tech Guru

Sidecar

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 user may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2022-42790: Om kothawade of Zaprico Digital

Entry added October 27, 2022

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: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

WebKit Bugzilla: 242047
CVE-2022-32888: P1umer (@p1umer)

Entry added October 27, 2022

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 buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 241969
CVE-2022-32886: P1umer, afang5472, xmzyshypnc

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: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

WebKit Bugzilla: 242762
CVE-2022-32912: Jeonghoon Shin (@singi21a) at Theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

WebKit Sandboxing

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 improvements to the sandbox.

WebKit Bugzilla: 243181
CVE-2022-32892: @18楼梦想改造家 and @jq0904 of DBAppSecurity’s WeBin lab

Entry added October 27, 2022

Additional recognition

AppleCredentialManager

We would like to acknowledge @jonathandata1 for their assistance.

Entry added October 27, 2022

FaceTime

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Entry added October 27, 2022

Game Center

We would like to acknowledge Joshua Jones for their assistance.

Identity Services

We would like to acknowledge Joshua Jones for their assistance.

Kernel

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Entry added October 27, 2022

WebKit

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Entry added October 27, 2022

WebRTC

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Entry added October 27, 2022

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Published Date: December 11, 2023