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CVE-2014-4404
Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 49.0%
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 August 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 49.05% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 February 2022 · due 10 August 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4404
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.htmlBroken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.htmlBroken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69947Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.htmlBroken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.htmlBroken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69947Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4404US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.