Release record
Release notes
Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.
tvOS 10.2 was released on March 27, 2017 for Apple TV (4th generation). Apple's current consumer update history does not retain a tvOS 10.2 section, so this article is limited to the version-specific security record.[1][2][3]
Source ledger
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Apple Support · Apple · 2017-03-27T00:00:00.000Z · Released March 27, 2017
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Retained update history begins at tvOS 11
Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · tvOS 10.2 — 27 Mar 2017
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Oldest retained section: tvOS 11
Apple Support · Apple · 2017-03-27T00:00:00.000Z · tvOS 10.2 security content
Documented & observed
Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.
Release changes
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
security · fixed
Apple's record includes protected-secret interception risk, file-permission manipulation, memory corruption, and crafted-certificate code execution.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Apple's advisory records code-execution, disclosure, denial-of-service, and undefined-behavior risks in media and data parsers.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
The advisory documents multiple malicious-web-content paths that could lead to code execution, data exposure, spoofing, or excessive resource use.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Apple records risks ranging from restricted-memory access to root, system, elevated, or kernel-level code execution.
Recorded at Public
Milestones
Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.
Developer beta
Developer beta
Developer beta
Developer beta
Developer beta
Developer beta
Public release
tvOS 10.2 reached the public channel on March 27, 2017 with a documented security set spanning media, fonts, images, networking, JavaScript, the kernel, Keychain, certificates, libraries, and WebKit.
Historical context
Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.
Historical avg for .2 releases
50 days, 6.1 milestones
Based on 9 previous tvOS .2 releases
Cycle vs. platform average
62d (avg: 58d)
4 days longer than the tvOS average
Duration ranking
#17 of 50
Middle of the pack tvOS beta cycles
Longest gap in this cycle
14 days
Between Beta 2 and Beta 3