CVE-2014-4404 (GCVE-0-2014-4404)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-18 10:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-29 17:50 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
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Date Public
2014-09-17 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 932d7aa5-10ce-47b5-a09c-784a62356ef8
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-02-10
Asserted: 2022-02-10
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | Affected: Apple / OS X | Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-08-10 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4404
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-119 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | OS X |
| Due Date | 2022-08-10 |
| Date Added | 2022-02-10 |
| Vendorproject | Apple |
| Vulnerabilityname | Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 12:28 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:17 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 20c1b747-3752-4541-8ef3-2f127ca5c9f6
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-02-10
Asserted: 2022-02-10
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged... | Affected: Apple / iOS, Apple TV | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged... |
| Vendor | Apple |
| Product | iOS, Apple TV |
| Added Date | 2022-02-10T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.8 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:04 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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"name": "appleios-cve20144404-bo(96111)",
"refsource": "XF",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96111"
},
{
"name": "APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2",
"refsource": "APPLE",
"url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html"
},
{
"name": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535",
"refsource": "CONFIRM",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535"
},
{
"name": "APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1",
"refsource": "APPLE",
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "286789f9-fbc2-4510-9f9a-43facdede74c",
"assignerShortName": "apple",
"cveId": "CVE-2014-4404",
"datePublished": "2014-09-18T10:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2014-06-20T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-22T00:05:36.521Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
}
}
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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