Vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X
CVE-2014-8817
coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.
EPSS: 0.029 (85.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- product-security@apple.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)