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Released May 16, 2022
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-22675: an anonymous researcher
DriverKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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)
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-26711: actae0n of Blacksun Hackers Club working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
IOMobileFrameBuffer
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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-2022-26768: an anonymous researcher
IOSurfaceAccelerator
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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)
libxml2
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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
Security
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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)
TCC
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: An app may be able to capture a user's screen
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26726: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
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
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later
Impact: A malicious application may disclose restricted memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26745: an anonymous researcher
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge James Lee, an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Vulmon