What is CVE-2014-4433?

CVE-2014-4433 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-10-18.

Is CVE-2014-4433 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2014-4433

Heap-based buffer overflow in the kernel in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted resource forks in an HFS filesystem.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2014-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

tenable/integration-cef

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/70620 (vdb-entry)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063 (vdb-entry)
support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97634 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4433?: CVE-2014-4433 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-10-18.
Is CVE-2014-4433 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.