Actively exploited · Published Sep 18, 2014 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2014-4404
High 7.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in OS X from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on February 10, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 48.9% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Aug 10, 2022.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 1030866 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- 69947 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
- APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
- 69882 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- appleios-cve20144404-bo(96111) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4404 government-resource