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Posted on 24 October 2022
Apple Security-announceAPPLE-SA-2022-10-24-1 iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16
iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/HT213489.
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file
system
Description: This issue was addressed by removing additional
entitlements.
CVE-2022-42825: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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 bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32940: ABC Research s.r.o.
CFNetwork
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A certificate validation issue existed in the handling
of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-42813: Jonathan Zhang of Open Computing Facility
(ocf.berkeley.edu)
Core Bluetooth
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to record audio using a pair of connected
AirPods
Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.
CVE-2022-32946: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)
GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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-2022-32947: Asahi Lina (@LinaAsahi)
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app may cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code
execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
state management.
CVE-2022-42820: Peter Pan ZhenPeng of STAR Labs
IOKit
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2022-42806: Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, 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-2022-32924: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-42808: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation 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-2022-42827: an anonymous researcher
ppp
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary
code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved
memory management.
CVE-2022-42829: an anonymous researcher
ppp
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary
code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42830: an anonymous researcher
ppp
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary
code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2022-42831: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-42832: an anonymous researcher
Sandbox
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2022-42811: Justin Bui (@slyd0g) of Snowflake
Shortcuts
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary
path on the file system
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2022-32938: Cristian Dinca of Tudor Vianu National High School of
Computer Science of. Romania
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface
spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 243693
CVE-2022-42799: Jihwan Kim (@gPayl0ad), Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun)
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 244622
CVE-2022-42823: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Labs
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose
sensitive user information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 245058
CVE-2022-42824: Abdulrahman Alqabandi of Microsoft Browser
Vulnerability Research, Ryan Shin of IAAI SecLab at Korea University,
Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of DNSLab at Korea University
WebKit PDF
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air
3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini
5th generation 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: 242781
CVE-2022-32922: Yonghwi Jin (@jinmo123) at Theori working with Trend
Micro Zero Day Initiative
Additional recognition
iCloud
We would like to acknowledge Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of
Moveworks.ai for their assistance.
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Peter Nguyen of STAR Labs, Tim Michaud
(@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai, Tommy Muir (@Muirey03) for their
assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Maddie Stone of Google Project Zero,
Narendra Bhati (@imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd., an
anonymous researcher for their assistance.
All information is also posted on the Apple Security Updates
web site: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222.
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