Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-02-10
Federal due date
2022-08-10
Vendor
Apple
Product
OS X
EPSS
98.4th percentile (score 0.620, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4404

CISA short description

Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

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EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.