watchOS 10.5

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-27804   CVE-2024-27816   CVE-2024-27810   CVE-2024-27821   CVE-2024-27834  

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watchOS 10.5

Released May 13, 2024

AppleAVD

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-27804: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitSMM)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker may be able to access user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27816: Mickey Jin (@patch4t)

Maps

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2024-27810: LFY@secsys of Fudan University

RemoteViewServices

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker may be able to access user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-27816: Mickey Jin (@patch4t)

Shortcuts

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A shortcut may output sensitive user data without consent

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2024-27821: Kirin (@Pwnrin), zbleet, and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 272750
CVE-2024-27834: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

 


Additional recognition

App Store

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

CoreHAP

We would like to acknowledge Adrian Cable for their assistance.

HearingCore

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

Managed Configuration

We would like to acknowledge 遥遥领先 (@晴天组织) for their assistance.