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Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by dieulot on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:46PM (#32502131)
> WebKit Bugzilla: 243557

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243557 (leading to https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/1ed1e4a336e15a59b94a...)

Shouldn’t this issue have been made inaccessible in order to mitigate exploitation?

Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by dandongus on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @06:20PM (#32502456)
Not sure why people flagged you for this. It's very common for open source projects to make the details of security-related bugs private. One example is Firefox, nearly every security update references one or more bug tickets that the public doesn't have permission to view.

I wonder if Apple listed the wrong webkit bug number, it almost looks like it.

Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by tposx on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @06:51PM (#32502804)
Looks like the vulnerability was something to do with incorrect JIT optimisations on Maps and Sets, if the included tests are any indication.
Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by cjbprime on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @06:18PM (#32502434)
The bug doesn't seem to describe the vulnerability at all, though?
Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by sammoody on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @08:49PM (#32503827)
When making security patches it’s often best to leave those details out, as otherwise it’s used as a guide for bad actors
Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by hulitu on Thursday August 18, 2022 @05:52AM (#32507335)
The bad actors already exploit them.
Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by dotty- on Friday August 19, 2022 @10:33AM (#32521465)
The really good bad actors already exploit them. The eager bad actors with less skills look for guides.
Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by dymk on Friday August 19, 2022 @10:34AM (#32521474)
How do you know every bad actor already knows how to exploit it?
Re:Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two ... by sneak on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:56PM (#32503424)
The issue is made public when the OS patch is released. Binary diffs are a thing.