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CVE-2014-4461

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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 via a crafted application.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 8.1; 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2
• macOS: through 10.10.1; 10.8.5, 10.9.5, 10.10.0
• Apple tvOS: through 7.0.1; 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2 (+3)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00002.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71136
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031231
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98774
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204420
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6592
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html

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