CVE-2014-4483

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in FontParser in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted font file in a PDF document.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.1.2
macOS: through 10.10.1
Apple tvOS: through 7.0.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://support.apple.com/HT204245
http://support.apple.com/HT204246
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://support.apple.com/HT204245

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