About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
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tvOS 14.2
Released November 5, 2020
Audio
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27910: JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Audio
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27916: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-10017: Francis working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27909: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Crash Reporter
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization.
CVE-2020-10003: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan
FontParser
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-2020-27927: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Foundation
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local user may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-10002: James Hutchins
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-2020-27912: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-27905: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36)
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-9974: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-10016: Alex Helie
libxml2
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2020-27917: found by OSS-Fuzz
libxml2
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: An integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2020-27911: found by OSS-Fuzz
Logging
Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2020-10010: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
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-2020-27918: an anonymous researcher