About the security content of tvOS 11.4

This document describes the security content of tvOS 11.4.

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tvOS 11.4

Bluetooth

Available for: Apple TV 4K

Impact: an attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept Bluetooth traffic

Description: an input validation issue existed in Bluetooth. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2018-5383: Lior Neumann and Eli Biham

Crash Reporter

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: an application may be able to gain elevated privileges

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved error handling.

CVE-2018-4206: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

FontParser

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2018-4211: Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team

Kernel

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4249: Kevin Backhouse of Semmle Ltd.

Kernel

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: a buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2018-4241: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

CVE-2018-4243: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

libxpc

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: an application may be able to gain elevated privileges

Description: a logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2018-4237: Samuel Groß (@5aelo) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

libxpc

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4404: Samuel Groß (@5aelo) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

LinkPresentation

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted text message may lead to UI spoofing

Description: a spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2018-4187: Roman Mueller (@faker_), Zhiyang Zeng (@Wester) of Tencent Security Platform Department

Messages

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: a local user may be able to conduct impersonation attacks

Description: an injection issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2018-4235: Anurodh Pokharel of Salesforce.com

Messages

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial of service

Description: this issue was addressed with improved message validation.

CVE-2018-4240: Sriram (@Sri_Hxor) of PrimeFort Pvt. Ltd

Security

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: a local user may be able to read a persistent device identifier

Description: an authorisation issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2018-4224: Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo)

Security

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: a local user may be able to read a persistent account identifier

Description: an authorisation issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2018-4223: Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo)

UIKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to a denial of service

Description: a validation issue existed in the handling of text. This issue was addressed with improved validation of text.

CVE-2018-4198: Hunter Byrnes

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to cookies being overwritten

Description: a permissions issue existed in the handling of web browser cookies. This issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2018-4232: an anonymous researcher, Aymeric Chaib

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: a race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2018-4192: Markus Gaasedelen, Amy Burnett and Patrick Biernat of Ret2 Systems, Inc working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2018-4214: found by OSS-Fuzz

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4204: found by OSS-Fuzz, Richard Zhu (fluorescence) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: a type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4246: found by OSS-Fuzz

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: a memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2018-4200: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4201: an anonymous researcher

CVE-2018-4218: natashenka of Google Project Zero

CVE-2018-4233: Samuel Groß (@5aelo) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing

Description: an inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2018-4188: YoKo Kho (@YoKoAcc) of Mitra Integrasi Informatika, PT

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: a buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4199: Alex Plaskett, Georgi Geshev and Fabi Beterke of MWR Labs working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: visiting a maliciously crafted website may leak sensitive data

Description: credentials were unexpectedly sent when fetching CSS mask images. This was addressed by using a CORS-enabled fetch method.

CVE-2018-4190: Jun Kokatsu (@shhnjk)

WebKit

Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation)

Impact: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: an out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2018-4222: natashenka of Google Project Zero