CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8611
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• apple iphone os (<= 8.4.1)
• freebsd freebsd 10.1
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665 svnweb.freebsd.org
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665 svnweb.freebsd.org
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc Vendor Advisory