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APPLE-SA-04-01-2025-1 watchOS 11.4

watchOS 11.4 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/122376.

Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.

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

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

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 - @bisc...@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: 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

Additional recognition

Accounts
We would like to acknowledge Bohdan Stasiuk (@bohdan_stasiuk) for their
assistance.

Apple Account
We would like to acknowledge Byron Fecho for their assistance.

Audio
We would like to acknowledge Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro
Zero Day Initiative for their assistance.

Find My
We would like to acknowledge 神罚(@Pwnrin) for their assistance.

Foundation
We would like to acknowledge Jann Horn of Google Project Zero for their
assistance.

Handoff
We would like to acknowledge Kirin and FlowerCode for their assistance.

HearingCore
We would like to acknowledge Kirin@Pwnrin and LFY@secsys from Fudan
University for their assistance.

ImageIO
We would like to acknowledge D4m0n for their assistance.

Mail
We would like to acknowledge Doria Tang, Ka Lok Wu, Prof. Sze Yiu Chau
of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, K宝 and LFY@secsys from Fudan
University for their assistance.

Messages
We would like to acknowledge parkminchan from Korea Univ. for their
assistance.

Photos
We would like to acknowledge Bistrit Dahal for their assistance.

Sandbox Profiles
We would like to acknowledge Benjamin Hornbeck for their assistance.

SceneKit
We would like to acknowledge Marc Schoenefeld, Dr. rer. nat. for their
assistance.

Screen Time
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi
Narain College of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.

Security
We would like to acknowledge Kevin Jones (GitHub) for their assistance.

Settings
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC
Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.

Shortcuts
We would like to acknowledge Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup,
and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Siri
We would like to acknowledge Lyutoon for their assistance.

Translations
We would like to acknowledge K宝(@Pwnrin) for their assistance.

WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Gary Kwong, P1umer (@p1umer) and Q1IQ
(@q1iqF), Wai Kin Wong, Dongwei Xiao, Shuai Wang and Daoyuan Wu of HKUST
Cybersecurity Lab, Anthony Lai(@darkfloyd1014) of VXRL, Wong Wai Kin,
Dongwei Xiao and Shuai Wang of HKUST Cybersecurity Lab, Anthony Lai
(@darkfloyd1014) of VXRL., Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING
LAB, 냥냥, and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Instructions on how to update your Apple Watch software are
available at https://support.apple.com/108926

To check the version on your Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app
on your iPhone and select "My Watch > General > About".

Alternatively, on your watch, select "My Watch > General > About".

All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.

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