CVE-2014-4495 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple iOS before 8.1.3, OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3. It allows attackers to bypass access restrictions by exploiting a flaw in the kernel's handling of shared memory segments with custom cache modes, enabling a crafted application to write to read-only memory. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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