Update

Fixed:Password autofill may fill in passwords after failing authentication

About the security content of watchOS 11.4

watchOS 11.4
Released April 1, 2025

AirDrop
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary file metadata
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-24097: Ron Masas of BREAKPOINT.SH

AirPlay
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker on the local network may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24251: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
Entry added April 28, 2025

Audio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24244: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Audio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24243: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Authentication Services
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Password autofill may fill in passwords after failing authentication
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-30430: Dominik Rath

Authentication Services
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious website may be able to claim WebAuthn credentials from another website that shares a registrable suffix
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24180: Martin Kreichgauer of Google Chrome

BiometricKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-24237: Yutong Xiu

Calendar
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-30429: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s)

Calendar
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24212: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s)

CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24163: Google Threat Analysis Group

CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24230: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CoreMedia
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24190: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CoreMedia Playback
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-30454: pattern-f (@pattern_F_)

CoreServices
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-31191: Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo) of Microsoft, and an anonymous researcher

CoreText
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24182: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CoreUtils
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-31203: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
Entry added April 28, 2025

curl
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An input validation issue was addressed
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-9681

Focus
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-30439: Andr.Ess

Focus
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
CVE-2025-24283: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

Foundation
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging
CVE-2025-30447: LFY@secsys from Fudan University

ImageIO
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Parsing an image may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: A logic error was addressed with improved error handling.
CVE-2025-24210: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

IOGPUFamily
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24257: Wang Yu of Cyberserval

Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to attempt passcode entries on a locked device and thereby cause escalating time delays after 4 failures
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2025-30432: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @biscuit@social.lol

libarchive
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An input validation issue was addressed
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-48958

libnetcore
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24194: an anonymous researcher

libxml2
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2025-27113
CVE-2024-56171

libxpc
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24178: an anonymous researcher

libxpc
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CVE-2025-31182: Alex Radocea and Dave G. of Supernetworks, 风沐云烟(@binary_fmyy) and Minghao Lin(@Y1nKoc)

libxpc
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24238: an anonymous researcher

Maps
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-30470: LFY@secsys from Fudan University

NetworkExtension
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2025-30426: Jimmy

Power Services
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2025-24173: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Safari
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
CVE-2025-24113: @RenwaX23

Safari
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-30467: @RenwaX23

Safari
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A download's origin may be incorrectly associated
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24167: Syarif Muhammad Sajjad

Security
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-30471: Bing Shi, Wenchao Li, Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group, Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington

Share Sheet
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to dismiss the system notification on the Lock Screen that a recording was started
Description: This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2025-30438: Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org

Shortcuts
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app
Description: This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2025-30433: Andrew James Gonzalez

Siri
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved restriction of data container access.
CVE-2025-31183: Kirin (@Pwnrin), Bohdan Stasiuk (@bohdan_stasiuk)

Siri
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2025-24217: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

Siri
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by not logging contents of text fields.
CVE-2025-24214: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. This is a supplementary fix for an attack that was blocked in iOS 17.2. (Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.)
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions.
WebKit Bugzilla: 285858
CVE-2025-24201: Apple
Entry added April 9, 2025

WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 285892
CVE-2025-24264: Gary Kwong, and an anonymous researcher
WebKit Bugzilla: 284055
CVE-2025-24216: Paul Bakker of ParagonERP

WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A type confusion issue could lead to memory corruption
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of floats.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286694
CVE-2025-24213: Google V8 Security Team

WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286462
CVE-2025-24209: Francisco Alonso (@revskills), and an anonymous researcher

WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 285643
CVE-2025-30427: rheza (@ginggilBesel)

WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious website may be able to track users in Safari private browsing mode
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286580
CVE-2025-30425: an anonymous researcher

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