About the security content of visionOS 1.3
This document describes the security content of visionOS 1.3.
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visionOS 1.3
Released July 29, 2024
Apple Neural Engine
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-27826: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security and Minghao Lin
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-27804: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitSMM)
CoreGraphics
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-40799: D4m0n
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2023-6277
CVE-2023-52356
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-40806: Yisumi
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2024-40777: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, and Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-40784: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative and Gandalf4a
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A local attacker may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2024-27863: CertiK SkyFall Team
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to spoof network packets
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2024-27823: Prof. Benny Pinkas of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Amit Klein of Hebrew University, and EP
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-40788: Minghao Lin and Jiaxun Zhu from Zhejiang University
Presence
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Inputs to the virtual keyboard may be inferred from Persona
Description: The issue was addressed by suspending Persona when the virtual keyboard is active.
CVE-2024-40865: Hanqiu Wang of University of Florida, Zihao Zhan of Texas Tech University, Haoqi Shan of Certik, Siqi Dai of University of Florida, Max Panoff of University of Florida, and Shuo Wang of University of Florida
Entry added September 5, 2024
Shortcuts
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass Internet permission requirements
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-40809: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2024-40812: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 273176
CVE-2024-40776: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 268770
CVE-2024-40782: Maksymilian Motyl
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
WebKit Bugzilla: 275431
CVE-2024-40779: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 275273
CVE-2024-40780: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 273805
CVE-2024-40785: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2024-40789: Seunghyun Lee (@0x10n) of KAIST Hacking Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 276097
CVE-2024-44185: Gary Kwong
Entry added October 15, 2024
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A user may be able to bypass some web content restrictions
Description: An issue in the handling of URL protocols was addressed with improved logic.
WebKit Bugzilla: 280765
CVE-2024-44206: Andreas Jaegersberger and Ro Achterberg
Entry added October 15, 2024
Additional recognition
AirDrop
We would like to acknowledge Linwz of DEVCORE for their assistance.
Shortcuts
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
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