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CVE-2014-4404

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2014-09-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — Apple OS X

Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

Added to KEV
2022-02-10
Remediation due
2022-08-10
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4404
Status
Analyzed
Published
2014-09-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

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.

Affected configurations

• apple iphone os (< 8.0) • apple mac os x (< 10.10.0) • apple mac os x (>= 10.10.1 < 10.10.3) • apple tvos (< 7.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References