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Released December 11, 2023
Accounts
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-42919: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
ExtensionKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-42927: Noah Roskin-Frazee and Prof. J. (ZeroClicks.ai Lab)
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-42898: Junsung Lee
CVE-2023-42899: Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM and Junsung Lee
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-42914: Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken (@elvanderb) of Synacktiv (@Synacktiv)
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 259830
CVE-2023-42890: Pwn2car
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 263349
CVE-2023-42883: Zoom Offensive Security Team
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 265041
CVE-2023-42916: Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.
Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.
WebKit Bugzilla: 265067
CVE-2023-42917: Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group
Wi-Fi
We would like to acknowledge Noah Roskin-Frazee and Prof. J. (ZeroClicks.ai Lab) for their assistance.
Vulmon