CVE-2014-4404

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OStvOS

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 49%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score48.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 48.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 99% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Feb 10, 2022
Remediation Due
Aug 10, 2022
1539 days overdue

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 8.0
Affected range stops below 8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.10.010.10.1 ≤ v < 10.10.3
Affected range stops below 10.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.10.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 7.0
Affected range stops below 7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (13)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69947

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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