About the security content of iOS 8.1.3 - Apple Support This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements, including:
- Reduces the amount of storage required to perform a software update
- Fixes an issue that prevented some users from entering their Apple ID password for Messages and FaceTime
- Addresses an issue that caused Spotlight to stop displaying app results
- Fixes an issue which prevented multitasking gestures from working on iPad
- Adds new configuration options for education standardized testing
For information on the security content of this update, please see below...
About the security content of iOS 8.1.3
For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key.
Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see Apple Security Updates.
iOS 8.1.3
AppleFileConduit
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A maliciously crafted afc command may allow access to protected parts of the filesystem
Description: A vulnerability existed in the symbolic linking mechanism of afc. This issue was addressed by adding additional path checks.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4480 : TaiG Jailbreak Team
CoreGraphics
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow existed in the handling of PDF files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4481 : Felipe Andres Manzano of the Binamuse VRT, via the iSIGHT Partners GVP Program
dyld
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute unsigned code
Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of Mach-O executable files with overlapping segments. This issue was addressed through improved validation of segment sizes.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4455 : TaiG Jailbreak Team
FontParser
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow existed in the handling of font files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4483 : Apple
FontParser
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted .dfont file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of .dfont files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4484 : Gaurav Baruah working with HP's Zero Day Initiative
Foundation
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted XML file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow existed in the XML parser. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4485 : Apple
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A null pointer dereference existed in IOAcceleratorFamily's handling of resource lists. This issue was addressed by removing unneeded code.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4486 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A buffer overflow existed in IOHIDFamily. This issue was addressed through improved size validation.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4487 : TaiG Jailbreak Team
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A validation issue existed in IOHIDFamily's handling of resource queue metadata. This issue was addressed through improved validation of metadata.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4488 : Apple
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A null pointer dereference existed in IOHIDFamily's handling of event queues. This issue was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4489 : @beist
iTunes Store
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A website may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions using the iTunes Store
Description: An issue existed in the handling of URLs redirected from Safari to the iTunes Store that could allow a malicious website to bypass Safari's sandbox restrictions. The issue was addressed with improved filtering of URLs opened by the iTunes Store.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8840 : lokihardt@ASRT working with HP's Zero Day Initiative
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Maliciously crafted or compromised iOS applications may be able to determine addresses in the kernel
Description: An information disclosure issue existed in the handling of APIs related to kernel extensions. Responses containing an OSBundleMachOHeaders key may have included kernel addresses, which may aid in bypassing address space layout randomization protection. This issue was addressed by unsliding the addresses before returning them.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4491 : @PanguTeam, Stefan Esser
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: An issue existed in the kernel shared memory subsystem that allowed an attacker to write to memory that was intended to be read-only. This issue was addressed with stricter checking of shared memory permissions.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4495 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Maliciously crafted or compromised iOS applications may be able to determine addresses in the kernel
Description: The mach_port_kobject kernel interface leaked kernel addresses and heap permutation value, which may aid in bypassing address space layout randomization protection. This was addressed by disabling the mach_port_kobject interface in production configurations.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4496 : TaiG Jailbreak Team
libnetcore
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious, sandboxed app can compromise the networkd daemon
Description: Multiple type confusion issues existed in networkd's handling of interprocess communication. By sending a maliciously formatted message to networkd, it may have been possible to execute arbitrary code as the networkd process. The issue is addressed through additional type checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4492 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
MobileInstallation
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A malicious enterprise-signed application may be able to take control of the local container for applications already on a device
Description: A vulnerability existed in the application installation process. This was addressed by preventing enterprise applications from overriding existing applications in specific scenarios.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4493 : Hui Xue and Tao Wei of FireEye, Inc.
Springboard
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Enterprise-signed applications may be launched without prompting for trust
Description: An issue existed in determining when to prompt for trust when first opening an enterprise-signed application. This issue was addressed through improved code signature validation.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4494 : Song Jin, Hui Xue, and Tao Wei of FireEye, Inc.
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing
Description: A UI spoofing issue existed in the handling of scrollbar boundaries. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4467 : Jordan Milne
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Style sheets are loaded cross-origin which may allow for data exfiltration
Description: An SVG loaded in an img element could load a CSS file cross-origin. This issue was addressed through enhanced blocking of external CSS references in SVGs.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4465 : Rennie deGraaf of iSEC Partners
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-ID
CVE-2014-3192 : cloudfuzzer
CVE-2014-4459
CVE-2014-4466 : Apple
CVE-2014-4468 : Apple
CVE-2014-4469 : Apple
CVE-2014-4470 : Apple
CVE-2014-4471 : Apple
CVE-2014-4472 : Apple
CVE-2014-4473 : Apple
CVE-2014-4474 : Apple
CVE-2014-4475 : Apple
CVE-2014-4476 : Apple
CVE-2014-4477 : lokihardt@ASRT working with HP's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2014-4479 : Apple
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