CVE-2014-8835
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 8.3%EU EUVD
The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-19
- EPSS score
- 8.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8665)
- Published
- January 30, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8665 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742/(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71992(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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