tvOS 17.1

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-42846   CVE-2023-40447   CVE-2023-41976   CVE-2023-42852  

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tvOS 17.1

Released October 25, 2023

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

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: an anonymous researcher

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.