What is CVE-2014-1322?

CVE-2014-1322 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2014-04-23.

Is CVE-2014-1322 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2014-1322

The kernel in Apple OS X through 10.9.2 places a kernel pointer into an XNU object data structure accessible from user space, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by reading an unspecified attribute of the object.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2014-04-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.9, 10.9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

raymondpittman/IPC-Memory-Mac-OSX-Exploit

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-1322?: CVE-2014-1322 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2014-04-23.
Is CVE-2014-1322 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.