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watchOS 3.2.3 Public

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Recorded context

About this appearance

watchOS 3.2.3 reached the public channel on July 19, 2017 with general maintenance and documented repairs for Contacts, Messages, USB, kernel, archive, XML, XPC, and Wi-Fi attack surfaces.

Date
Jul 19, 2017
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple released watchOS 3.2.3 on July 19, 2017 for all Apple Watch models. Its consumer update history gives no detail beyond improvements and bug fixes.[1][2]

Documented scope

Named technical statements follow Apple's dedicated advisory. Generic consumer maintenance is not expanded into undocumented feature or reliability claims.[3][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z · Released July 19, 2017

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  2. About watchOS 3 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 3.2.3

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z · Contacts through Wi-Fi

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z · Contacts; Messages

  5. About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z · IOUSBFamily; Kernel; libarchive; libxml2; libxpc

  6. Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 3.2.3 — 19 Jul 2017

  7. About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z · Wi-Fi

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

USB, kernel, archive, XML, and XPC repairs

documentedconfirmed

The advisory records crafted-input and local-app risks spanning code execution at system or kernel privilege and disclosure of restricted information.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3 · IOUSBFamily; Kernel; libarchive; libxml2; libxpc

security · fixed

Contacts and Messages input-handling repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple documents a Contacts buffer overflow and a Messages memory-consumption problem that could cause termination or code execution outcomes.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3 · Contacts; Messages

enhancement · changed

General improvements and bug fixes

documentedconfirmed

The retained consumer record confirms maintenance work but leaves individual ordinary changes unspecified.

  1. [1] About watchOS 3 Updates · watchOS 3.2.3

security · fixed

Wi-Fi chip memory-safety repair

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory identifies an arbitrary-code-execution risk on the Wi-Fi chip and attributes the correction to improved memory handling.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 3.2.3 · Wi-Fi