PT-2014-5866 · Apple · Os X

Published 2014-09-19 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2014-4402

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OS X versions prior to 10.9.5

Description The issue is related to an unspecified function in the IOAcceleratorFamily that lacks proper bounds checking on read operations. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.9.5, update to version 10.9.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4402

Affected Products

Os X

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4402 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96063 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/69925 · Note
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=33 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030868 · Note