CVE-2014-4451
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
Apple iOS before 8.1.1 does not properly enforce the failed-passcode limit, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock-screen protection mechanism via a series of guesses.
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.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | affected | | |
| macos | 8.0 | affected | |
| macos | 8.0.1 | affected | |
| macos | 8.0.2 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62504
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71138
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031232
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98776
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62504
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71138
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031232
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98776
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.