About the security content of visionOS 2.1

This document describes the security content of visionOS 2.1.

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About the security content of visionOS 2.1

Released October 28, 2024

App Support

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: A malicious app may be able to run arbitrary shortcuts without user consent

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.

CVE-2024-44255: an anonymous researcher

AppleAVD

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2024-44232: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

CVE-2024-44233: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

CVE-2024-44234: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

Entry added November 1, 2024

CoreMedia Playback

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information

Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.

CVE-2024-44273: pattern-f (@pattern_F_), Hikerell of Loadshine Lab

CoreText

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-44240: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CVE-2024-44302: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Foundation

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Parsing a file may lead to disclosure of user information

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2024-44282: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing an image may result in disclosure of process memory

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-44215: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2024-44297: Jex Amro

IOSurface

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2024-44285: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

CVE-2024-44239: Mateusz Krzywicki (@krzywix)

Lock Screen

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: A user may be able to view sensitive user information

Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

CVE-2024-44262: Justin Saboo

Managed Configuration

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files

Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.

CVE-2024-44258: Hichem Maloufi, Christian Mina, Ismail Amzdak

MobileBackup

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.

CVE-2024-44252: Nimrat Khalsa, Davis Dai, James Gill (@jjtech@infosec.exchange)

Pro Res

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-44277: an anonymous researcher and Yinyi Wu(@_3ndy1) from Dawn Security Lab of JD.com, Inc.

Safari Downloads

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content

Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.

CVE-2024-44259: Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)

Safari Private Browsing

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Private browsing may leak some browsing history

Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional validation.

CVE-2024-44229: Lucas Di Tomase

Shortcuts

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: A malicious app may use shortcuts to access restricted files

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2024-44269: an anonymous researcher

Siri

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

CVE-2024-44194: Rodolphe Brunetti (@eisw0lf)

Siri

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system logs

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

CVE-2024-44278: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

WebKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

WebKit Bugzilla: 279780

CVE-2024-44244: an anonymous researcher, Q1IQ (@q1iqF) and P1umer (@p1umer)

WebKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 278765

CVE-2024-44296: Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)

Additional recognition

Calendar

We would like to acknowledge K宝(@Pwnrin) for their assistance.

ImageIO

We would like to acknowledge Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations, an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

Messages

We would like to acknowledge Collin Potter, an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

NetworkExtension

We would like to acknowledge Patrick Wardle of DoubleYou & the Objective-See Foundation for their assistance.

Photos

We would like to acknowledge James Robertson for their assistance.

Safari Private Browsing

We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher, r00tdaddy for their assistance.

Safari Tabs

We would like to acknowledge Jaydev Ahire for their assistance.

Security

We would like to acknowledge Bing Shi, Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group for their assistance.

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