9.3
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-4380
Apple IOHIDFamily Kernel Remote Code Execution
Description

The IOHIDFamily kernel extension in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking on write operations, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the kernel's context via a crafted application.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2014, 10:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-4380 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update affected Apple products to address a vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.
  • Upgrade iOS to version 8 or later.
  • Upgrade tvOS to version 7 or later.
  • Upgrade macOS to version 10.10.3 or later, or install Security Update 2015-004 or later.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-4380 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-4380 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-4380 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69942
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96110
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT204659
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96110 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96110 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96110 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69942 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT204659 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT204659
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.38 }} 0.62%

score

0.84188

percentile