FKIE_CVE-2014-4407

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-09-18 10:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:09
Severity
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
IOKit in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize kernel memory, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-content information via an application that makes crafted IOKit function calls.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
product-security@apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69912
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866
product-security@apple.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96078
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69912
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96078
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple tvos *
apple tvos 6.0
apple tvos 6.0.1
apple tvos 6.0.2
apple tvos 6.1
apple tvos 6.1.1
apple tvos 6.1.2
apple iphone_os *
apple iphone_os 7.0
apple iphone_os 7.0.1
apple iphone_os 7.0.2
apple iphone_os 7.0.3
apple iphone_os 7.0.4
apple iphone_os 7.0.5
apple iphone_os 7.0.6
apple iphone_os 7.1
apple iphone_os 7.1.1
apple mac_os_x *
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