About the security content of tvOS 14.4
This document describes the security content of tvOS 14.4.
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tvOS 14.4
Analytics
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-1761: Cees Elzinga
APFS
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local user may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.
CVE-2021-1797: Thomas Tempelmann
CoreAnimation
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious application could execute arbitrary code leading to compromise of user information
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-1760: @S0rryMybad of 360 Vulcan Team
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-1747: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreGraphics
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-1776: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CoreMedia
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-1759: Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT
CoreText
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-1772: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CoreText
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-1792: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Crash Reporter
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local user may be able to create or modify system files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-1786: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Crash Reporter
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2021-1787: James Hutchins
FairPlay
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-1791: Junzhi Lu(@pwn0rz), Qi Sun and Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
FontParser
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-1758: Peter Nguyen of STAR Labs
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-1818: Xingwei Lin of Ant-Financial Light-Year Security Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-1766: Danny Rosseau of Carve Systems
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-1785: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-1744: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-1818: Xingwei Lin of Ant-Financial Light-Year Security Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-1742: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-1746: Jeonghoon Shin(@singi21a) of THEORI, Mickey Jin & Qi Sun of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-1754: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-1774: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-1777: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-1793: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-1773: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-1741: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CVE-2021-1743: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed in the curl. This issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-1778: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2021-1783: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
IOSkywalkFamily
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-1757: Proteas and Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of Alibaba Security
iTunes Store
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted URL may lead to arbitrary javascript code execution
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2021-1748: CodeColorist working with Ant Security Light-Year Labs
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2021-1764: @m00nbsd
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2021-1750: @0xalsr
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2021-1782: an anonymous researcher
Swift
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-1769: CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2021-1788: Francisco Alonso (@revskills)
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2021-1789: @S0rryMybad of 360 Vulcan Team
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy
Description: This issue was addressed with improved iframe sandbox enforcement.
CVE-2021-1801: Eliya Stein of Confiant
WebRTC
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers
Description: A port redirection issue was addressed with additional port validation.
CVE-2021-1799: Gregory Vishnepolsky & Ben Seri of Armis Security, and Samy Kamkar
Additional recognition
iTunes Store
We would like to acknowledge CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs for their assistance.
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz), Mickey Jin & Jesse Change of Trend Micro for their assistance.
libpthread
We would like to acknowledge CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs for their assistance.
Store Demo
We would like to acknowledge @08Tc3wBB for their assistance.
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