Apple tvOS up to 16.4.1 Kernel race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple tvOS up to 16.4.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-32413. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 16.4.1 (Digital Media Player) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/18/2023 by Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken as HT213761 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-32413. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An app may be able to gain root privileges

Upgrading to version 16.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-36657). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 16.5

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05/08/2023 🔍
05/18/2023 +10 days 🔍
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05/20/2023 +2 days 🔍
01/02/2026 +958 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213761
Researcher: Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32413 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32413
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229541
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2023 08:17
Updated: 01/02/2026 23:01
Changes: 05/20/2023 08:17 (17), 05/20/2023 08:18 (2), 05/20/2023 08:21 (27), 06/15/2023 08:28 (1), 01/02/2026 23:01 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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