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CVE-2014-4492

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4492 is a type confusion vulnerability in Apple's libnetcore, affecting iOS before 8.1.3, OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3. It allows a sandboxed application to execute arbitrary code within the _networkd context by sending a crafted XPC message that exploits improper data type verification. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit demonstrating a sandbox escape via XPC type confusion is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-35847 · Jan 20, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1973 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/134393/Mac-OS-X-Networkd-XPC-Type-Confusion-Sandbox-Escape.html
code.google.com / p/google-security-research/issues/detail
Exploit
support.apple.com / HT204244
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204245
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204246
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/35847
Exploit
osvdb.org / 114862