CVE-2014-1271

high
Published 2014-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

CoreCapture in Apple iOS before 7.1 and Apple TV before 6.1 does not properly validate IOKit API calls, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and device crash) via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6163

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6162

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected
macos macos7.0affected
macos macos7.0.1affected
macos macos7.0.2affected
macos macos7.0.3affected
macos macos7.0.4affected
macos macos7.0.5affected
macos macos6.0affected
macos macos6.0.1affected

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.