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About the security content of iOS 15.2 and iPad OS 15.2
This document describes the security content of iOS 15.2 and iPad OS 15.2.
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iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2
Released December 13, 2021
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: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2021-30960: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CFNetwork Proxies
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: User traffic might unexpectedly be leaked to a proxy server despite PAC configurations
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30966: Michal Rajcan of Jamf, Matt Vlasach of Jamf (Wandera)
ColorSync
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 arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue in the processing of ICC profiles was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-30926: Jeremy Brown
CVE-2021-30942: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero
CoreAudio
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 audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2021-30957: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreAudio
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: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-30958: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Crash Reporter
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 local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30945: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)
FaceTime
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 FaceTime call may unexpectedly leak sensitive user information through Live Photos metadata
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of file metadata.
CVE-2021-30992: Aaron Raimist
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 arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-30939: Rui Yang and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
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: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2021-30996: Saar Amar (@AmarSaar)
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 buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2021-30983: Pangu