CVE-2014-4404
Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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
- 48.92% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 December 2014
- 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
EPSS 48.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4404
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.