CVE-2014-4489
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not properly initialize event queues, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
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affected products (4)
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references (21)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.htmlcnnvd
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244cnnvd
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245cnnvd
- http://support.apple.com/HT204246cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650cnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
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