CVE-2014-4420

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The network-statistics interface in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize memory, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-content and memory-layout information via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4371, CVE-2014-4419, and CVE-2014-4421.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 7.1.2; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+3)
macOS: through 10.10.1
Apple tvOS: through 6.2; 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69927
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96102
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535

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