About the security content of visionOS 1.1

This document describes the security content of visionOS 1.1.

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visionOS 1.1

Released March 7, 2024

Accessibility

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to spoof system notifications and UI

Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.

CVE-2024-23262: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

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

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-23257: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

CVE-2024-23258: Zhenjiang Zhao of pangu team, Qianxin, and Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations

Entry updated May 31, 2024

ImageIO

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-23286: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations, Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun), and Lyutoon and Mr.R

Entry updated May 31, 2024

Kernel

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

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

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

CVE-2024-23235

Kernel

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

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

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-23265: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

Kernel

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.

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

CVE-2024-23225

Metal

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

CVE-2024-23264: Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitsmm working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Persona

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An unauthenticated user may be able to use an unprotected Persona

Description: A permissions issue was addressed to help ensure Personas are always protected

CVE-2024-23295: Patrick Reardon

RTKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.

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

CVE-2024-23296

Safari

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to fingerprint the user

Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

CVE-2024-23220

UIKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox

Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2024-23246: Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH sponsored by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik

WebKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 259694
CVE-2024-23226: Pwn2car

WebKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin

Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 263795
CVE-2024-23254: James Lee (@Windowsrcer)

WebKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

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

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

WebKit Bugzilla: 264811
CVE-2024-23263: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)

WebKit

Available for: Apple Vision Pro

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

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 267241
CVE-2024-23284: Georg Felber and Marco Squarcina

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Additional recognition

Kernel

We would like to acknowledge Tarek Joumaa (@tjkr0wn) and 이준성(Junsung Lee) for their assistance.

Model I/O

We would like to acknowledge Junsung Lee for their assistance.

Power Management

We would like to acknowledge Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd. for their assistance.

Safari

We would like to acknowledge Abhinav Saraswat, Matthew C, and 이동하 ( Lee Dong Ha of ZeroPointer Lab ) for their assistance.

WebKit

We would like to acknowledge Valentino Dalla Valle, Pedro Bernardo, Marco Squarcina, and Lorenzo Veronese of TU Wien for their assistance.

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Published Date: May 31, 2024