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CVE-2014-4461

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4461 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple iOS before 8.1.1 and Apple TV before 7.0.2. It involves improper validation of IOSharedDataQueue object metadata in the kernel, allowing a crafted application to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating high severity with network-based attacks (AV:N) and medium attack complexity (AC:M), leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C). Its FAUCET Risk Score is 75/100. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0340 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 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

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

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/98774
support.apple.com / en-us/HT204418
support.apple.com / en-us/HT204420
support.apple.com / en-us/HT6590
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT6592
support.apple.com / HT204244
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71136
securitytracker.com / id/1031231