About the security content of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
This document describes the security content of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17.
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iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
Released September 18, 2023
Accessibility
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A person with physical access to a device may be able to use VoiceOver to access private calendar information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-40529: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal
Entry added December 22, 2023
Airport
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-40384: Adam M.
App Store
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols.
CVE-2023-40448: w0wbox
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2023-40432: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
CVE-2023-41174: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
CVE-2023-40409: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
CVE-2023-40412: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
CVE-2023-42871: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
Entry updated December 22, 2023
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-41071: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-40399: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-40410: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2023-42872: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Entry added December 22, 2023
AppSandbox
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access Notes attachments
Description: The issue was addressed with improved restriction of data container access.
CVE-2023-42925: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) and Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Entry added July 16, 2024
Ask to Buy
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-38612: Chris Ross (Zoom)
Entry added December 22, 2023
AuthKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2023-32361: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Biometric Authentication
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-41232: Liang Wei of PixiePoint Security
Bluetooth
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker in physical proximity can cause a limited out of bounds write
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-35984: zer0k
bootp
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-41065: Adam M., and Noah Roskin-Frazee and Professor Jason Lau (ZeroClicks.ai Lab)
CFNetwork
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may fail to enforce App Transport Security
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols.
CVE-2023-38596: Will Brattain at Trail of Bits
CoreAnimation
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-40420: 이준성(Junsung Lee) of Cross Republic
Core Data
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-40528: Kirin (@Pwnrin) of NorthSea
Entry added January 22, 2024
Dev Tools
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32396: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Face ID
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, and iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later
Impact: A 3D model constructed to look like the enrolled user may authenticate via Face ID
Description: This issue was addressed by improving Face ID anti-spoofing models.
CVE-2023-41069: Zhice Yang (ShanghaiTech University)
Entry added December 22, 2023
FileProvider
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2023-41980: Noah Roskin-Frazee and Professor Jason Lau (ZeroClicks.ai Lab)
Game Center
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access contacts
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2023-40395: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2023-40431: Certik Skyfall Team
GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-40391: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) of Dataflow Security
GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-40441: Ron Masas of Imperva
iCloud Photo Library
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library
Description: A configuration issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2023-40434: Mikko Kenttälä (@Turmio_ ) of SensorFu
IOUserEthernet
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2023-40396: Certik Skyfall Team
Entry added July 16, 2024
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-41995: Certik Skyfall Team, pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2023-42870: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
CVE-2023-41974: Félix Poulin-Bélanger
Entry updated December 22, 2023
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-41981: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2023-41984: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-40429: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas and 张师傅(@京东蓝军)
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-41060: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL
Entry added December 22, 2023
libpcap
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-40400: Sei K.
libxpc
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2023-40454: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)
libxpc
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-41073: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)
libxslt
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-40403: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of PK Security
Maps
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2023-40427: Adam M., and Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Maps
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2023-42957: Adam M., and Ron Masas of BreakPoint Security Research
Entry added July 16, 2024
MobileStorageMounter
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2023-41068: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Music
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-41986: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
Passkeys
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to access passkeys without authentication
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2023-40401: weize she and an anonymous researcher
Entry added December 22, 2023
Photos
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2023-42949: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Entry added July 16, 2024
Photos Storage
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-40456: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
CVE-2023-40520: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Photos Storage
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to access private information
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-42934: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Entry added December 22, 2023
Pro Res
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation 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-2023-41063: Certik Skyfall Team
QuartzCore
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-40422: Tomi Tokics (@tomitokics) of iTomsn0w
Entry added December 22, 2023
Safari
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has installed
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-35990: Adriatik Raci of Sentry Cybersecurity
Safari
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing
Description: A window management issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-40417: Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)
Entry updated July 16, 2024
Sandbox
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2023-40452: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)
Share Sheet
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive data logged when a user shares a link
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-41070: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Simulator
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-40419: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Siri
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2023-40428: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal
StorageKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2023-41968: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) and James Hutchins
TCC
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-40424: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Joshua Jewett (@JoshJewett33), and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 249451
CVE-2023-39434: Francisco Alonso (@revskills), and Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of PK Security
WebKit Bugzilla: 258992
CVE-2023-40414: Francisco Alonso (@revskills)
Entry updated December 22, 2023
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 256551
CVE-2023-41074: 이준성(Junsung Lee) of Cross Republic and Jie Ding(@Lime) from HKUS3 Lab
Entry updated December 22, 2023
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 239758
CVE-2023-35074: Dong Jun Kim (@smlijun) and Jong Seong Kim (@nevul37) of AbyssLab, and zhunki
Entry updated January 22, 2024
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A user's password may be read aloud by VoiceOver
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
WebKit Bugzilla: 248717
CVE-2023-32359: Claire Houston
Entry added December 22, 2023
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to view leaked DNS queries with Private Relay turned on
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
WebKit Bugzilla: 257303
CVE-2023-40385: Anonymous
Entry added December 22, 2023
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 258592
CVE-2023-42833: Dong Jun Kim (@smlijun) and Jong Seong Kim (@nevul37) of AbyssLab
Entry added December 22, 2023
Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-38610: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Entry added December 22, 2023
Additional recognition
Accessibility
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.
Entry updated July 16, 2024
Airport
We would like to acknowledge Adam M., and Noah Roskin-Frazee and Professor Jason Lau (ZeroClicks.ai Lab) for their assistance.
Apple Neural Engine
We would like to acknowledge pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab for their assistance.
Entry added December 22, 2023
AppSandbox
We would like to acknowledge Kirin (@Pwnrin) for their assistance.
Audio
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
Bluetooth
We would like to acknowledge Jianjun Dai and Guang Gong of 360 Vulnerability Research Institute for their assistance.
Books
We would like to acknowledge Aapo Oksman of Nixu Cybersecurity for their assistance.
Control Center
We would like to acknowledge Chester van den Bogaard for their assistance.
CoreMedia Playback
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
Data Detectors UI
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal for their assistance.
Draco
We would like to acknowledge David Coomber for their assistance.
Find My
We would like to acknowledge Cher Scarlett for their assistance.
Home
We would like to acknowledge Jake Derouin (jakederouin.com) for their assistance.
IOUserEthernet
We would like to acknowledge Certik Skyfall Team for their assistance.
Entry added December 22, 2023
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Bill Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The University of Toronto's Munk School and Maddie Stone of Google's Threat Analysis Group and 永超 王 for their assistance.
Keyboard
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
libxml2
We would like to acknowledge OSS-Fuzz, and Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero for their assistance.
libxpc
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
libxslt
We would like to acknowledge Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of PK Security, OSS-Fuzz, and Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero for their assistance.
Menus
We would like to acknowledge Matthew Denton of Google Chrome Security for their assistance.
Entry added December 22, 2023
Notes
We would like to acknowledge Lucas-Raphael Müller for their assistance.
Notifications
We would like to acknowledge Jiaxu Li for their assistance.
NSURL
We would like to acknowledge Zhanpeng Zhao (行之) and 糖豆爸爸(@晴天组织) for their assistance.
Password Manager
We would like to acknowledge Hidetoshi Nakamura for their assistance.
Photos
We would like to acknowledge Anatolii Kozlov, Dawid Pałuska, Lyndon Cornelius, and Paul Lurin for their assistance.
Entry updated July 16, 2024
Power Services
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
Quick Look
We would like to acknowledge 이준성(Junsung Lee) of Cross Republic for their assistance.
Entry added December 22, 2023
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Kang Ali of Punggawa Cyber Security, and andrew James gonzalez for their assistance.
Safari Private Browsing
We would like to acknowledge Khiem Tran, Narendra Bhati From Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Shortcuts
We would like to acknowledge Alfie CG, Christian Basting of Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Cristian Dinca of "Tudor Vianu" National High School of Computer Science, Romania, Giorgos Christodoulidis, Jubaer Alnazi of TRS Group Of Companies, KRISHAN KANT DWIVEDI (@xenonx7), and Matthew Butler for their assistance.
Entry updated April 24, 2024
Siri
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal for their assistance.
Software Update
We would like to acknowledge Omar Siman for their assistance.
Spotlight
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal and Dawid Pałuska for their assistance.
Standby
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal for their assistance.
Status Bar
We would like to acknowledge N and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
StorageKit
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
Weather
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) for their assistance.
Entry added December 22, 2023
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Khiem Tran, Narendra Bhati From Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
WebRTC
We would like to acknowledge anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Wi-Fi
We would like to acknowledge Wang Yu of Cyberserval for their assistance.
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