{"id":"CVE-2014-8611","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8611","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:43:07.380Z","title":"The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service…","description":"The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.","published":"2015-09-18T10:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["apple/iphone os","freebsd/freebsd","apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.00488,"percentile":0.41772,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT205212","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT205267","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT205212","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT205267","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8611","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."}