CVE-2014-4407

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Published 2014-09-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

3.3

Description

IOKit in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly initialize kernel memory, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-content information via an application that makes crafted IOKit function calls.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
macos		affected
macos	6.0	affected
macos	6.0.1	affected
macos	6.0.2	affected
macos	6.1	affected
macos	6.1.1	affected
macos	6.1.2	affected
macos	7.0	affected
macos	7.0.1	affected
macos	7.0.2	affected
macos	7.0.3	affected
macos	7.0.4	affected
macos	7.0.5	affected
macos	7.0.6	affected
macos	7.1	affected
macos	7.1.1	affected

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69912
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96078
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0106.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-09/0107.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69912
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030866
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96078
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535

CWEs

CWE-200

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