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CVE-2014-4404
Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a…
High7.8Known exploitedEPSS 48.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 10 Feb 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 10 Aug 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.9% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- 69947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_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
- appleios-cve20144404-bo(96111) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4404 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (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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