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About the security content of tvOS 14.7

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# About the security content of tvOS 14.7 This document describes the security content of tvOS 14.7. ## 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](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222>) page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by [CVE-ID](<http://cve.mitre.org/about/>) when possible. For more information about security, see the [Apple Product Security](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201220>) page. ## tvOS 14.7 Released July 19, 2021 **Analytics** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A local attacker may be able to access analytics data Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2021-30871: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s) Entry added May 25, 2022 **App Store** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2021-31006: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security Entry added May 25, 2022 **Audio** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-30781: tr3e **AVEVideoEncoder** 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-2021-30748: George Nosenko Entry added January 19, 2022 **CoreAudio** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-30775: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **CoreAudio** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to an unexpected application termination Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2021-30776: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **CoreText** 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 read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-30789: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, Sunglin of Knownsec 404 team **Crash Reporter** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2021-30774: Yizhuo Wang of Group of Software Security In Progress (G.O.S.S.I.P) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University **CVMS** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-30780: Tim Michaud(@TimGMichaud) of Zoom Video Communications **dyld** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2021-30768: Linus Henze (pinauten.de) **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 integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation. CVE-2021-30760: Sunglin of Knownsec 404 team **FontParser** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted tiff file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-30788: tr3e working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative **FontParser** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-30759: hjy79425575 working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative **Identity Service** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass code signing checks Description: An issue in code signature validation was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-30773: Linus Henze (pinauten.de) **Image Processing** 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-2021-30802: Matthew Denton of Google Chrome Security **ImageIO** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-30779: Jzhu, Ye Zhang(@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security **ImageIO** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-30785: CFF of Topsec Alpha Team, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro **Kernel** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-30769: Linus Henze (pinauten.de) **Kernel** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2021-30770: Linus Henze (pinauten.de) **libxml2** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-3518 **WebKit** Available for: Apple TV 4K 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 state handling. CVE-2021-30758: Christoph Guttandin of Media Codings **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-2021-30795: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero **WebKit** Available for: Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-30797: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero ## Additional recognition **Assets** We would like to acknowledge Cees Elzinga for their assistance. **CoreText** We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro for their assistance. **Power Management** We would like to acknowledge Pan ZhenPeng(@Peterpan0927) of Alibaba Security Pandora Lab, Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit), and Lisandro Ubiedo (@_lubiedo) of Stratosphere Lab for their assistance. Entry added June 7, 2023 **Safari** We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance. **Sandbox** We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for their assistance. **sysdiagnose** We would like to acknowledge Carter Jones (linkedin.com/in/carterjones/) and Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Zoom Video Communications for their assistance. Entry added May 25, 2022 Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. [Contact the vendor](<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2693>) for additional information. Published Date: October 31, 2023


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
tvos 14.7

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