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CVE-2014-4404

HighPublished

Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published: Sep 18, 2014
Updated: Oct 22, 2025
Assigning CNA: apple
Evidence observed: Dec 2, 2014

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS probability estimate

48.9%

Moderate · next 30 days

Percentile: 98.9%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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CISA Known Exploited

This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Summary

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.

Sources

Apple Mac OSX - IOKit Keyboard Driver Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)Exploit
Metasploit · osx · Dec 2, 2014

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