CVE-2014-4380 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 14.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Tvos+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The IOHIDFamily kernel extension in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking on write operations, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the kernel's context via a crafted application.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos6.2+6
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.0.2
▶NVDapple/iphone_os7.1.2+9

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-cwpq-hcj9-4p75: The IOHIDFamily kernel extension in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking on write operations, which allows attackers↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2014-4380: OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004↗
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