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.
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tvOS 16.1
Released October 24, 2022
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.
CVE-2022-42825: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Audio
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42798: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added October 27, 2022
AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32940: ABC Research s.r.o.
CFNetwork
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2022-42813: Jonathan Zhang of Open Computing Facility (ocf.berkeley.edu)
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32924: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-42808: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-32944: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai
Entry added October 27, 2022
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2022-42803: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab, John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
Entry added October 27, 2022
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32926: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai
Entry added October 27, 2022
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-42801: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added October 27, 2022
Model I/O
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-42810: Xingwei Lin (@xwlin_roy) and Yinyi Wu of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added October 27, 2022
Sandbox
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2022-42811: Justin Bui (@slyd0g) of Snowflake
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 243693
CVE-2022-42799: Jihwan Kim (@gPayl0ad), Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun)
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), 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 memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 244622
CVE-2022-42823: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Labs
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 245058
CVE-2022-42824: Abdulrahman Alqabandi of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research, Ryan Shin of IAAI SecLab at Korea University, Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of DNSLab at Korea University
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose internal states of the app
Description: A correctness issue in the JIT was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 242964
CVE-2022-32923: Wonyoung Jung (@nonetype_pwn) of KAIST Hacking Lab
Entry added October 27, 2022

Additional recognition
iCloud
We would like to acknowledge Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai for their assistance.
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Peter Nguyen of STAR Labs, Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Moveworks.ai, Tommy Muir (@Muirey03) for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Maddie Stone of Google Project Zero, Narendra Bhati (@imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd., an anonymous researcher for their assistance.