2021-30780 | Apple tvOS CVMS out-of-bounds write (HT212604)
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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 14.6 (Digital Media Player) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component CVMS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 07/19/2021 by Tim Michaud as HT212604 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-30780 since 04/13/2021. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 07/27/2021). The advisory points out:
A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Upgrading to version 14.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-787
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Upgrade: tvOS 14.7
04/13/2021 CVE assigned
07/19/2021 Advisory disclosed
07/19/2021 Countermeasure disclosed
07/23/2021 VulDB entry created
07/27/2021 VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.apple.com/
Advisory: HT212604
Researcher: Tim Michaud
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-30780 (🔒)
Created: 07/23/2021 08:48
Updated: 07/27/2021 21:11
Changes: (1) source_cve_assigned
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