About the security content of watchOS 8.8.1

This document describes the security content of watchOS 8.8.1.

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watchOS 8.8.1

Released June 21, 2023

Kernel

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3, Series 4, Series 5, Series 6, Series 7, and SE

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2023-32434: Georgy Kucherin (@kucher1n), Leonid Bezvershenko (@bzvr_), Boris Larin (@oct0xor), and Valentin Pashkov of Kaspersky

Entry updated August 2, 2023

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Published Date: August 02, 2023