CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4451
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Apple iOS before 8.1.1 does not properly enforce the failed-passcode limit, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock-screen protection mechanism via a series of guesses.
Affected configurations
• apple iphone os (<= 8.1)
• apple iphone os 8.0
• apple iphone os 8.0.1
• apple iphone os 8.0.2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62504 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71138 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031232 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98776 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62504 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71138 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031232 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98776 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590 Vendor Advisory