CVE-2014-8817 (GCVE-0-2014-8817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-30 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
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Summary
coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
apple CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 619 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-11-07 00:00
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