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GeezerVison is showing support.apple.com — About the security content of watchOS 7.3 - Apple Support

    About the security content of watchOS 7.3

    This document describes the security content of watchOS 7.3.

    About Apple security updates

    For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.

    Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.

    For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.

    watchOS 7.3

    Released January 26, 2021

    Analytics

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2021-1761: Cees Elzinga

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    APFS

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to read arbitrary files

    Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.

    CVE-2021-1797: Thomas Tempelmann

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    CoreAnimation

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A malicious application could execute arbitrary code leading to compromise of user information

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2021-1760: @S0rryMybad of 360 Vulcan Team

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    CoreAudio

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2021-1747: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    CoreGraphics

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2021-1776: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    CoreText

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2021-1772: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    CoreText

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2021-1792: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    Crash Reporter

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to create or modify system files

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2021-1786: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Crash Reporter

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

    Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic.

    CVE-2021-1787: James Hutchins

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    FairPlay

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory

    Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2021-1791: Junzhi Lu(@pwn0rz), Qi Sun and Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    FontParser

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2021-1758: Peter Nguyen of STAR Labs

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    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: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2021-1818: Xingwei Lin of Ant-Financial Light-Year Security Lab

    Entry added March 16, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2021-1773: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2021-1766: Danny Rosseau of Carve Systems

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2021-1785: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2021-1744: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    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: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2021-1818: Xingwei Lin of Ant-Financial Light-Year Security Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2021-1742: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2021-1746: Jeonghoon Shin(@singi21a) of THEORI, Mickey Jin & Qi Sun of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2021-1754: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2021-1774: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2021-1777: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2021-1793: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2021-1741: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2021-1743: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service

    Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed in the curl. This issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2021-1778: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An access issue was addressed with improved memory management.

    CVE-2021-1783: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    IOSkywalkFamily

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2021-1757: Proteas and Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of Alibaba Security

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    iTunes Store

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted URL may lead to arbitrary javascript code execution

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

    CVE-2021-1748: CodeColorist working with Ant Security Light-Year Labs

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    Kernel

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service

    Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

    CVE-2021-1764: @m00nbsd

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    Kernel

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

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

    Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic.

    CVE-2021-1750: @0xalsr

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Kernel

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

    Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

    CVE-2021-1782: an anonymous researcher

    Swift

    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 logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2021-1769: CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    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.

    CVE-2021-1788: Francisco Alonso (@revskills)

    Entry added February 1, 2021, updated March 16, 2021

    WebKit

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.

    CVE-2021-1789: @S0rryMybad of 360 Vulcan Team

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    WebKit

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: Maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved iframe sandbox enforcement.

    CVE-2021-1801: Eliya Stein of Confiant

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    WebRTC

    Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

    Impact: A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers

    Description: A port redirection issue was addressed with additional port validation.

    CVE-2021-1799: Gregory Vishnepolsky & Ben Seri of Armis Security, and Samy Kamkar

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Additional recognition

    iTunes Store

    We would like to acknowledge CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs for their assistance.

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Kernel

    We would like to acknowledge Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz), Mickey Jin & Jesse Change of Trend Micro for their assistance.

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    libpthread

    We would like to acknowledge CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs for their assistance.

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Store Demo

    We would like to acknowledge @08Tc3wBB for their assistance.

    Entry added February 1, 2021

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    Published Date: November 03, 2023
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