CVE-2014-8835
N/A
Published: January 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19
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