01 Record
CVE-2014-4461
The kernel in Apple iOS before 8.1.1 and Apple TV before 7.0.2 does not properly validate IOSharedDataQueue object metadata, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The kernel in Apple iOS before 8.1.1 and Apple TV before 7.0.2 does not properly validate IOSharedDataQueue object metadata, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-11-18 11:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-06-20
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 797d2ad4bfd9b1473337b62815e8220063c904a179b7083bdfca7921bbfb3817
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2014-11-17-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2014-11-17-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00002.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comappletv-cve20144461-code-exec(98774)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98774
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590
- www.securityfocus.com71136http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71136
- www.securitytracker.com1031231http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031231
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/HT204244
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204420
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6592