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CVE-2014-8840

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8840 describes a vulnerability in the iTunes Store component of Apple iOS before version 8.1.3, allowing remote attackers to bypass Safari's sandbox protection. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if an attacker successfully redirects an SSL URL to the iTunes Store. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/100533
support.apple.com / HT204245
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1031652
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-15-010