Apple today released iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, the fifth major updates to the iOS and iPadOS 15 operating systems that were initially released in September 2021. iOS and iPadOS 15.5 come a little over two months after the launch of iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4.

iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5

AppleAVD
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 use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2022-26702: an anonymous researcher

AppleGraphicsControl
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 was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-26751: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

AVEVideoEncoder
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: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-26736: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26737: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26738: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26739: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2022-26740: an anonymous researcher

DriverKit
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 system privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-26763: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)

GPU Drivers
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 memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26744: an anonymous researcher

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: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-26711: actae0n of Blacksun Hackers Club working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

IOKit
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 race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2022-26701: chenyuwang (@mzzzz__) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab

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 memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26768: an anonymous researcher

IOSurfaceAccelerator
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 memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26771: an anonymous researcher

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: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26714: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng (@peternguyen14) of STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg)

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: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2022-26757: Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero

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: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26764: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)

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 attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2022-26765: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)

LaunchServices
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 sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third-party applications.
CVE-2022-26706: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)

libxml2
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 remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2022-23308

Notes
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 large input may lead to a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-22673: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal

Safari Private Browsing
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 website may be able to track users in Safari private browsing mode
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26731: an anonymous researcher

Security
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 app may be able to bypass signature validation
Description: A certificate parsing issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26766: Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)

Shortcuts
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 person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access photos from the lock screen
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26703: Salman Syed (@slmnsd551)

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 code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 238178
CVE-2022-26700: ryuzaki

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 execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 236950
CVE-2022-26709: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 237475
CVE-2022-26710: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 238171
CVE-2022-26717: Jeonghoon Shin of Theori

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 execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 238183
CVE-2022-26716: SorryMybad (@S0rryMybad) of Kunlun Lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 238699
CVE-2022-26719: Dongzhuo Zhao working with ADLab of Venustech

WebRTC
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: Video self-preview in a webRTC call may be interrupted if the user answers a phone call
Description: A logic issue in the handling of concurrent media was addressed with improved state handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 237524
CVE-2022-22677: an anonymous researcher

Wi-Fi
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 disclose restricted memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-26745: an anonymous researcher

Wi-Fi
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 elevate privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-26760: 08Tc3wBB of ZecOps Mobile EDR Team

Wi-Fi
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 remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2015-4142: Kostya Kortchinsky of Google Security Team

Wi-Fi
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 system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-26762: Wang Yu of Cyberserval

Read more:

• About the security content of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 - Apple Support
• Apple Releases iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 With Wallet and Podcast Updates - MacRumors

Posted By: Brink
16 May 2022