PT-2015-4088 · Apple · Os X

Published 2015-01-30 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-8822

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a kernel context or cause a denial of service by writing to kernel memory. This can be achieved via a crafted app that calls an unspecified user-client method, specifically targeting the IOHIDFamily component.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2, update to version 10.10.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8822

Affected Products

Os X

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8822 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031650 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100513 · Note