An unspecified IOHIDFamily function in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking to prevent reading of kernel…

Description

An unspecified IOHIDFamily function in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking to prevent reading of kernel pointers, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 69921 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• appleios-cve20144379-sec-bypass(96080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1030866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 69882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:12 UTC.