CVE-2014-4420 — Improper Initialization in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization10 documents4 sources
Severity
1.9LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.05%
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 network-statistics interface in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize memory, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-content and memory-layout information via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4371, CVE-2014-4419, and CVE-2014-4421.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos6.2+6
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.10.1+1
▶NVDapple/iphone_os7.1.2+9

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-gjf8-f57p-p56j: The network-statistics interface in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize memory, which allows attackers↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-964h-g785-4wv9: The network-statistics interface in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize memory, which allows attackers↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-q99h-qw72-ph2c: The network-statistics interface in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize memory, which allows attackers↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-rf3h-5hxx-pg9m: The network-statistics interface in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize memory, which allows attackers↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2014-4420: OS X Yosemite v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001↗
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