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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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