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APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-1 iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6

iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/HT213346.

APFS
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
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-2022-32832: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

AppleAVD
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2022-32788: Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero

AppleAVD
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32824: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) and John Aakerblom
(@jaakerblom)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32826: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

Apple Neural Engine
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32845: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)

Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone 8 and later,
iPad Pro (3rd generation) and later, iPad Air (3rd generation) and
later, and iPad mini (5th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32840: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)
CVE-2022-32829: an anonymous researcher

Apple Neural Engine
Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone 8 and later,
iPad Pro (3rd generation) and later, iPad Air (3rd generation) and
later, and iPad mini (5th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32810: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)

Audio
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2022-32820: an anonymous researcher

Audio
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32825: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)

CoreMedia
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32828: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) and John Aakerblom
(@jaakerblom)

CoreText
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or
arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32839: STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg)

File System Events
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32819: Joshua Mason of Mandiant

GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: Multiple out-of-bounds write issues were addressed with
improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32793: an anonymous researcher

GPU Drivers
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2022-32821: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)

Home
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A user may be able to view restricted content from the lock
screen
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32855: an anonymous researcher

iCloud Photo Library
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user information
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed by
removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2022-32849: Joshua Jones

ICU
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32787: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs
& DNSLab, Korea Univ.

ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in
disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32841: hjy79425575

ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32802: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero, Mickey Jin
(@patch1t)

ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to disclosure
of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32830: Ye Zhang (@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security

ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2022-32785: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)

IOMobileFrameBuffer
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with
kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
state management.
CVE-2022-26768: an anonymous researcher

Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
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-2022-32813: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
CVE-2022-32815: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32817: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be
able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32844: Sreejith Krishnan R (@skr0x1c0)

Kernel
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be
able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2022-32844: Sreejith Krishnan R (@skr0x1c0)

Liblouis
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code
execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26981: Hexhive (hexhive.epfl.ch), NCNIPC of China
(nipc.org.cn)

libxml2
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with
improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32823

Multi-Touch
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2022-32814: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927)

PluginKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2022-32838: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

Safari Extensions
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may leak sensitive
data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
CVE-2022-32784: Young Min Kim of CompSec Lab at Seoul National
University

Software Update
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A user in a privileged network position can track a user’s
activity
Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending
information over the network.
CVE-2022-32857: Jeffrey Paul (sneak.berlin)

WebKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to
UI spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 239316
CVE-2022-32816: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs
& DNSLab, Korea Univ.

WebKit
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 240720
CVE-2022-32792: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro Zero
Day Initiative

WebRTC
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 242339
CVE-2022-2294: Jan Vojtesek of Avast Threat Intelligence team

Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32837: Wang Yu of Cyberserval

Wi-Fi
Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2
and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and
iPod touch (7th generation)
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system
termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32847: Wang Yu of Cyberserval

Additional recognition

802.1X
We would like to acknowledge Shin Sun of National Taiwan University
for their assistance.

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive
Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, and Wojciech Reguła
(@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.

configd
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive
Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, and Wojciech Reguła
(@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.

This update is available through iTunes and Software Update on your
iOS device, and will not appear in your computer's Software Update
application, or in the Apple Downloads site. Make sure you have an
Internet connection and have installed the latest version of iTunes
from https://www.apple.com/itunes/  iTunes and Software Update on the
device will automatically check Apple's update server on its weekly
schedule. When an update is detected, it is downloaded and the option
to be installed is presented to the user when the iOS device is
docked. We recommend applying the update immediately if possible.
Selecting Don't Install will present the option the next time you
connect your iOS device.  The automatic update process may take up to
a week depending on the day that iTunes or the device checks for
updates. You may manually obtain the update via the Check for Updates
button within iTunes, or the Software Update on your device.  To
check that the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad has been updated:  *
Navigate to Settings * Select General * Select About. The version
after applying this update will be "iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6".
All information is also posted on the Apple Security Updates
web site: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222.

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