{"id":"CVE-2014-1255","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-1255","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:55:41.575Z","title":"Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple OS X before 10.9.2 does not properly validate calls to the free function, which allows attackers to bypass the App Sandbox protection mechanism via crafted Mach messages.","description":"Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple OS X before 10.9.2 does not properly validate calls to the free function, which allows attackers to bypass the App Sandbox protection mechanism via crafted Mach messages.","published":"2014-02-27T01:55:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:04:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.01593,"percentile":0.75528,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1255","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}