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CVE-2014-4487

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 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 IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

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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