About the security content of Apple TV 7.0.2

This document describes the security content of Apple TV 7.0.2.

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Apple TV 7.0.2

  • Apple TV

    Available for: Apple TV 3rd generation and later

    Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2014-4452

    CVE-2014-4462

  • Apple TV

    Available for: Apple TV 3rd generation and later

    Impact: A local user may be able to execute unsigned code

    Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of Mach-O executable files with overlapping segments. This issue was addressed through improved validation of segment sizes.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2014-4455 : @PanguTeam

  • Apple TV

    Available for: Apple TV 3rd generation and later

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

    Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of certain metadata fields of IOSharedDataQueue objects. This issue was addressed through relocation of the metadata.

    CVE-ID

    CVE-2014-4461 : @PanguTeam

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