Apple · Tv · CVE-2014-1278
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Apple iOS versions prior to 7.1
Apple TV versions prior to 6.1
**Description**
The issue allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access and device crash, via a crafted call to the `ptmx get ioctl` function in the ARM kernel.
**Recommendations**
For Apple iOS versions prior to 7.1, update to version 7.1 or later to resolve the issue.
For Apple TV versions prior to 6.1, update to version 6.1 or later to resolve the issue.