About the security content of Safari 16.2

This document describes the security content of Safari 16.2.

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Safari 16.2

Released December 13, 2022

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing

Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2022-46705: Hyeon Park (@tree_segment) of Team ApplePIE

Entry added December 22, 2022, updated March 16, 2023

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

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: 245521

CVE-2022-42867: Maddie Stone of Google Project Zero

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 245466

CVE-2022-46691: an anonymous researcher

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 246783

CVE-2022-46692: KirtiKumar Anandrao Ramchandani

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 246721

CVE-2022-42852: hazbinhotel working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Entry updated December 22, 2022

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

WebKit Bugzilla: 246942

CVE-2022-46696: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security

WebKit Bugzilla: 247562

CVE-2022-46700: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 247066

CVE-2022-46698: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of DNSLab at Korea University, Ryan Shin of IAAI SecLab at Korea University

Entry updated December 22, 2022

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

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: 247420

CVE-2022-46699: Samuel Groß of Google V8 Security

WebKit Bugzilla: 244622

CVE-2022-42863: an anonymous researcher

WebKit

Available for: macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1.

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

WebKit Bugzilla: 248266

CVE-2022-42856: Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group

Additional recognition

WebKit

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

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Published Date: June 12, 2024