{"id":"CVE-2014-8822","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8822","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:54:49.309Z","title":"IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a kernel context or cause a denial of service (write to kernel memory) via a crafted app that calls an unspecified user-client method.","description":"IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a kernel context or cause a denial of service (write to kernel memory) via a crafted app that calls an unspecified user-client method.","published":"2015-01-30T11:59:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-19"],"affected":["apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.02859,"percentile":0.86655,"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 (2.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/HT204244","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100513","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/HT204244","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100513","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8822","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."}