CVE-2014-4409

medium

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

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

WebKit in Apple iOS before 8 makes it easier for remote attackers to track users during private browsing via a crafted web site that reads HTML5 application-cache data that had been stored during normal browsing.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status
macos		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

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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