CVE-2022-32929: Medium severity apple ios and ipados vulnerability

Published Sep 12, 2022
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Updated

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.1 and iPadOS 15.7.1, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. An app may be able to access iOS backups.

Other sources

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

Apple TV. The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

— Apple

AppleMobileFileIntegrity. This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.

— Apple

Audio. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AVEVideoEncoder. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

— Apple

Credit

Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Bistrit Dahal, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Willy R. Vasquez(The University of Texas at Austin), Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), an anonymous researcher, Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), IES Red Team(ByteDance), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Jihwan Kim@@gPayl0ad, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), Abdulrahman Alqabandi(Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research), Ryan Shin(IAAI SecLab at Korea University), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(DNSLab at Korea University), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Dr Hideaki Goto(Tohoku University), Japan, Evgeny Legerov, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36

Affected Software

9 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.1
16.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16
16
Apple iOS and iPadOS<15.7
15.7
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7
15.7
Apple iOS and iPadOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7
iPhone OS<15.7
iPhone OS=16.0

Event History

Oct 24, 2022
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Nov 1, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-32929?

CVE-2022-32929 is a vulnerability related to a permissions issue in the Backup feature.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-32929?

The severity of CVE-2022-32929 is not provided in the information available.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-32929?

CVE-2022-32929 affects Apple iOS versions up to but excluding 16.1, Apple iPadOS versions up to but excluding 16, Apple iOS versions up to but excluding 15.7, Apple iPadOS versions up to but excluding 15.7, Apple iOS versions up to but excluding 15.7.1, and Apple iPadOS versions up to but excluding 15.7.1.

4

How can I fix CVE-2022-32929?

To fix CVE-2022-32929, update your Apple iOS or iPadOS to a version that is equal to or higher than the provided remedy versions: 16.1 for Apple iOS, 16 for Apple iPadOS, 15.7 for Apple iOS, 15.7 for Apple iPadOS, 15.7.1 for Apple iOS, and 15.7.1 for Apple iPadOS.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-32929?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-32929 on the following references: [Apple Support - HT213489](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489), [Apple Support - HT213490](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213490), [Apple Support - HT213445](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445).

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