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 releases page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.
tvOS 17.1
Released October 25, 2023
Core Recents
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging
CVE-2023-42823
Entry added February 16, 2024
Game Center
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2023-42953: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @biscuit@social.lol
Entry added February 16, 2024
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2023-42848: JZ
Entry added February 16, 2024
libxpc
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CVE-2023-42942: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Entry added February 16, 2024
mDNSResponder
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-42846: Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. @mysk_co
Pro Res
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2023-42873: Mingxuan Yang (@PPPF00L), and happybabywu and Guang Gong of 360 Vulnerability Research Institute
Entry added February 16, 2024
Sandbox
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-42839: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)
Entry added February 16, 2024
Siri
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-42946
Entry added February 16, 2024
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 259836
CVE-2023-40447: 이준성(Junsung Lee) of Cross Republic
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 259890
CVE-2023-41976: 이준성(Junsung Lee)
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 260173
CVE-2023-42852: Pedro Ribeiro (@pedrib1337) and Vitor Pedreira (@0xvhp_) of Agile Information Security
Entry updated February 16, 2024
Additional recognition
VoiceOver
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.