29/01/2022
iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 were released on the 26th of January, 2022. According to Apple, there are no major or latest features that come together with the update. it's merely a security patch to Safari and other vulnerabilities. Here is what was written about the security patch that came with iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3:
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 file may lead to arbitrary code ex*****on
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-22584: Mickey Jin () of Trend Micro
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 malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-22578: an anonymous researcher
iCloud
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 access a user's files
Description: An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization.
CVE-2022-22585: Zhipeng Huo () of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (https://xlab.tencent.com)
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. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-22587: an anonymous researcher, Meysam Firouzi () of MBition - Mercedes-Benz Innovation Lab, Siddharth Aeri ()
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: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-22593: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoà ng of STAR Labs
Model I/O
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 STL file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code ex*****on
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22579: Mickey Jin () of Trend Micro
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 a maliciously crafted mail message may lead to running arbitrary javascript
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2022-22589: Heige of KnownSec 404 Team (knownsec.com) and Bo Qu of Palo Alto Networks (paloaltonetworks.com)
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 ex*****on
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2022-22590: Toan Pham from Team Orca of Sea Security (security.sea.com)
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 prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-22592: Prakash ()
WebKit Storage
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 website may be able to track sensitive user information
Description: A cross-origin issue in the IndexDB API was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-22594: Martin Bajanik of FingerprintJS
Additional recognition
WebKit
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