CVE-2014-4404

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-10. Federal remediation due 2022-08-10.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

49.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-09-18 10:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2014-06-20

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

96af9f2da4fe7397cf11dd8c8139d6922f8dc4569cc9d96affe54c97e15e681a

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT204659x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1030866http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com69947http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69947vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442x_refsource_CONFIRM
• archives.neohapsis.comAPPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• archives.neohapsis.comAPPLE-SA-2014-09-17-2http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• www.securityfocus.com69882http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comappleios-cve20144404-bo(96111)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96111vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535x_refsource_CONFIRM
• archives.neohapsis.comAPPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4404government-resource