This document describes the security content of iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8.
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iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8
Released May 13, 2024
Core Data
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables.
CVE-2024-27805: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and 小来来 (@Smi1eSEC)
Entry added June 10, 2024
CoreMedia
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-27817: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added June 10, 2024
CoreMedia
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-27831: Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations
Entry added June 10, 2024
Foundation
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-27789: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An unprivileged app may be able to log keystrokes in other apps including those using secure input mode
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2024-27799: an anonymous researcher
Entry added June 10, 2024
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: A user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-27818: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added June 10, 2024
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory protections
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-27840: an anonymous researcher
Entry added June 10, 2024
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to spoof network packets
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2024-27823: Prof. Benny Pinkas of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Amit Klein of Hebrew University, and EP
Entry added July 29, 2024
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to leak Mail account credentials
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-23251: Gil Pedersen
Entry added June 10, 2024
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: A maliciously crafted email may be able to initiate FaceTime calls without user authorization
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-23282: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun)
Entry added June 10, 2024
Messages
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2024-27800: Daniel Zajork and Joshua Zajork
Entry added June 10, 2024
Metal
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-27802: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitsmm) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added June 10, 2024
RTKit
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2024-23296
Shortcuts
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-27855: an anonymous researcher
Entry added June 10, 2024
Spotlight
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization.
CVE-2024-27806
Entry added June 10, 2024
Symptom Framework
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An app may be able to circumvent App Privacy Report logging
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-27807: Romy R.
Entry added June 10, 2024
Sync Services
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks
CVE-2024-27847: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Entry added June 10, 2024
Voice Control
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-27796: ajajfxhj
Entry added June 10, 2024
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user
Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.
WebKit Bugzilla: 262337
CVE-2024-27838: Emilio Cobos of Mozilla
Entry added June 10, 2024
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 271491
CVE-2024-27833: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added June 10, 2024
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 272750
CVE-2024-27834: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added June 10, 2024
WebKit Web Inspector
Available for: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 270139
CVE-2024-27820: Jeff Johnson of underpassapp.com
Entry added June 10, 2024
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