Apple tvOS Kernel memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS. It has been classified as very critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-9967. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS (Digital Media Player) (unknown version) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2020 by Alex Plaskett as confirmed advisory (Website). The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-9967 since 03/02/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2021).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• Digital Media Player

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• Apple

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• tvOS

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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