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CVE-2014-4404

Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 49.0%

Does this matter?

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.