About the security content of watchOS 10.6

This document describes the security content of watchOS 10.6.

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watchOS 10.6

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

CVE-2024-40774: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

CoreGraphics

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination

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

CVE-2024-40799: D4m0n

dyld

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

CVE-2024-40815: w0wbox

Family Sharing

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.

CVE-2024-40795: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.

CVE-2023-6277

CVE-2023-52356

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination

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

CVE-2024-40806: Yisumi

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination

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

CVE-2024-40777: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-40784: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative and Gandalf4a

Kernel

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A local attacker may be able to determine kernel memory layout

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

CVE-2024-27863: CertiK SkyFall Team

Kernel

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown

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

CVE-2024-40788: Minghao Lin and Jiaxun Zhu from Zhejiang University

libxpc

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2024-40805

Phone

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to use Siri to access sensitive user data

Description: A lock screen issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2024-40813: Jacob Braun

Sandbox

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.

CVE-2024-40824: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) and Zhongquan Li (@Guluisacat) from Dawn Security Lab of JingDong

Shortcuts

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-40835: an anonymous researcher

CVE-2024-40836: an anonymous researcher

Shortcuts

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass Internet permission requirements

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-40809: an anonymous researcher

CVE-2024-40812: an anonymous researcher

Shortcuts

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass Internet permission requirements

Description: This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent.

CVE-2024-40787: an anonymous researcher

Shortcuts

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-40793: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

Siri

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to use Siri to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.

CVE-2024-40818: Bistrit Dahal and Srijan Poudel

Siri

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to access contacts from the lock screen

Description: This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.

CVE-2024-40822: Srijan Poudel

VoiceOver

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-40829: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

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

CVE-2024-40776: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab

CVE-2024-40782: Maksymilian Motyl

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

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

CVE-2024-40779: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab

CVE-2024-40780: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-40785: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

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

CVE-2024-40789: Seunghyun Lee (@0x10n) of KAIST Hacking Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-44185: Gary Kwong

WebKit

Available for: Apple Watch Series 4 and later

Impact: A user may be able to bypass some web content restrictions

Description: An issue in the handling of URL protocols was addressed with improved logic.

CVE-2024-44206: Andreas Jaegersberger and Ro Achterberg

Additional recognition

Shortcuts

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.