Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2014-4381

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4381 describes a critical vulnerability in Libnotify within Apple iOS before version 8 and Apple TV before version 7, stemming from improper bounds checking during write operations. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring moderate attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
secunia.com / advisories/61318
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/96083
support.apple.com / kb/HT6441
support.apple.com / kb/HT6442
support.apple.com / kb/HT6443
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/69882
securityfocus.com / bid/69931
securitytracker.com / id/1030866