CVE-2014-8840

medium
Published 2015-01-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The iTunes Store component in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass a Safari sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging redirection of an SSL URL to the iTunes Store.

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/HT204245

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-310

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