CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8824
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The kernel in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly validate IODataQueue object metadata fields, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100516 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100516 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com