CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.3%
This document describes the security content of tvOS 15.6.
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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Released July 20, 2022
APFS
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 memory handling.
CVE-2022-32832: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
AppleAVD
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: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32788: Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero
AppleAVD
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32824: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) and John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-32826: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Audio
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: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2022-32820: an anonymous researcher
Audio
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32825: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
CoreMedia
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32828: Antonio Zekic (@antoniozekic) and John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
CoreText
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2022-32839: STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg)
File System Events
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-32819: Joshua Mason of Mandiant
GPU Drivers
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: Multiple out-of-bounds write issues were addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32793: an anonymous researcher
GPU Drivers
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 validation.
CVE-2022-32821: John Aakerblom (@jaakerblom)
iCloud Photo Library
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user information
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2022-32849: Joshua Jones
ICU
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: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32787: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs & DNSLab, Korea Univ.
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32841: hjy79425575
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32802: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero, Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32830: Ye Zhang (@co0py_Cat) of Baidu Security
JavaScriptCore
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 241931
CVE-2022-48503: Dongzhuo Zhao working with ADLab of Venustech, and ZhaoHai of Cyberpeace Tech Co., Ltd.
Entry added June 21, 2023
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 memory handling.
CVE-2022-32813: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
CVE-2022-32815: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2022-32817: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-32844: Sreejith Krishnan R (@skr0x1c0)
Liblouis
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-26981: Hexhive (hexhive.epfl.ch), NCNIPC of China (nipc.org.cn)
libxml2
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-32823
Multi-Touch
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 type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32814: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927)
Software Update
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: A user in a privileged network position can track a user’s activity
Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.
CVE-2022-32857: Jeffrey Paul (sneak.berlin)
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 memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2022-32863: P1umer(@p1umer), afang(@afang5472), and xmzyshypnc(@xmzyshypnc1)
Entry added June 8, 2023
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 239316
CVE-2022-32816: Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD Secure Disclosure Labs & DNSLab, Korea Univ.
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: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 240720
CVE-2022-32792: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32837: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV HD
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2022-32847: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
802.1X
We would like to acknowledge Shin Sun of National Taiwan University for their assistance.
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, and Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
configd
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, and Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance.
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Published Date: November 02, 2023
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.3%