CVE-2014-4492

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

libnetcore in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not verify that certain values have the expected data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in an _networkd context via a crafted XPC message from a sandboxed app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of the XPC dictionary data type.

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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134393/Mac-OS-X-Networkd-XPC-Type-Confusion-Sandbox-Escape.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://support.apple.com/HT204245
http://support.apple.com/HT204246
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35847
http://www.osvdb.org/114862
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=92
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html

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