Release appearance
iOS 2.2 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
iPhone 2.2 expanded Maps, added direct podcast downloads, refined Mail, Safari, calls, voicemail, Home-screen navigation, and keyboard settings, and delivered a broad security repair set.
- Date
- Nov 21, 2008
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
The consumer changelog added Google Street View plus public-transit and walking directions, dropped-pin addresses, and location sharing in Maps. It also enabled podcast downloads through the iTunes application over Wi-Fi or cellular, repaired scheduled Mail fetching and wide HTML formatting, improved Safari stability, and continued work on call reliability and visual-voicemail audio.[1]
Navigation and typing gained smaller controls: pressing Home from any Home screen returned to the first page, and Keyboard settings could disable automatic correction. Apple’s security bulletin records additional fixes across graphics and TIFF parsing, PPTP encryption, Office documents, passcode enforcement, locked-screen message privacy, Safari, and WebKit. The local November 21 date differs by one day from Apple’s archived security index, which lists November 20.[2][3][4]
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Maps, Mail, Safari, podcast, calling, and voicemail items
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Home button and keyboard setting items
- Apple security updates (15-Jan-2008 to 03-Dec-2009)
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · iOS 2.2 — 20 November 2008
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 2.2 security content
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Call reliability item
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · CoreGraphics — CVE-2008-2321
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Home-button navigation item
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · ImageIO — CVE-2008-2327 and CVE-2008-1586
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Keyboard auto-correction item
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Mail enhancements
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Maps enhancements and device note
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Networking — CVE-2008-4227
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Office Viewer — CVE-2008-4211
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4228
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4229
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4230
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Podcast-download item
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Preserved iPhone 2.2 consumer changelog
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Safari — CVE-2008-4231, CVE-2008-4232, and CVE-2008-4233
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Safari improvement item
- Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Visual Voicemail item
- About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · WebKit — CVE-2008-3644
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
security · fixed
TIFF image processing
The changes addressed both possible code execution from LZW-encoded images and device resets caused by memory exhaustion.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · ImageIO — CVE-2008-2327 and CVE-2008-1586
security · fixed
Safari HTML and call-approval controls
The grouped fixes covered code execution through crafted table elements, interface spoofing by overflowing frames, and calls initiated without sustained user approval.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Safari — CVE-2008-4231, CVE-2008-4232, and CVE-2008-4233
bugFix · fixed
Mail fetching and wide HTML formatting
The two Mail items address background retrieval reliability and layout of messages wider than the display.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Mail enhancements
security · fixed
WebKit form-data cache privacy
The prior cache behavior could expose sensitive form contents to someone with physical access to an unlocked device.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · WebKit — CVE-2008-3644
security · fixed
PPTP VPN encryption preference
The networking fix ensured that the selected encryption preference was applied correctly.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Networking — CVE-2008-4227
security · fixed
Locked-screen SMS privacy
The corrected behavior displayed only a notification that a message had arrived.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4230
feature · introduced
Direct podcast downloads
The feature removed the requirement to download every episode on a computer before synchronizing it to the device.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Podcast-download item
feature · introduced
Automatic-correction preference
The new preference exposed control over a typing behavior that had previously operated without this user-facing switch.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Keyboard auto-correction item
bugFix · fixed
Further call reliability
The changelog repeats the reliability area addressed in 2.1 and assigns another improvement to 2.2.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Call reliability item
security · fixed
Excel column-index validation
Apple documented potential application termination or arbitrary code execution from a malicious spreadsheet.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Office Viewer — CVE-2008-4211
feature · introduced
Street View, routing, and map sharing
The preserved changelog groups these capabilities under Maps; contemporaneous reporting noted that Street View was not present on iPod touch.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Maps enhancements and device note
enhancement · introduced
Return to the first Home screen
This provided a direct navigation shortcut from any secondary Home-screen page.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Home-button navigation item
security · fixed
Emergency-call number restrictions
Previously, someone with physical access could place chargeable calls to arbitrary numbers from the emergency screen.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4228
enhancement · changed
Visual Voicemail audio quality
The surviving notice does not identify a codec, network, or device qualification.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Visual Voicemail item
security · fixed
CoreGraphics argument validation
Apple documented possible application termination or code execution when a browser or other app passed crafted input.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · CoreGraphics — CVE-2008-2321
security · fixed
Passcode state after restore
Apple improved recognition of missing preferences to correct a race condition in settings restoration.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4229
enhancement · changed
Safari stability and performance
Apple’s consumer description is general, so this occurrence does not assign the improvement to a specific browser subsystem.
- [1] Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More · Safari improvement item