CVE-2014-8611

medium
Published 2015-09-18 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.apple.com/HT205267

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.apple.com/HT205212

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected
freebsd freebsd10.1affected

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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