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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-4404

Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published Sep 18, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple MacOS X

Patch now

CVE-2014-4404 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 10, 2022. Confirm Apple MacOS X against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
48.92%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe apple/iphone os · cpe apple/mac os x · cpe apple/tvos · vendor Apple MacOS X · vendor Apple OS X · vendor n/a n/a

Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe apple/iphone osversion unspecified
  • cpe apple/mac os xversion unspecified
  • cpe apple/tvosversion unspecified
  • vendor Apple MacOS Xversion unspecified
  • vendor Apple OS Xversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-4404

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-4404 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 10, 2022. Confirm Apple MacOS X against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 48.92%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 18, 2014 · Catalog

    Detected

    Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

  2. Feb 10, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Aug 10, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-4404

    Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-4404

    Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-4404

    30-day exploitation probability 48.9%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference35440

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_osx/local/iokit_keyboard_root

    Public module reference (manual). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2014-4404

    Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-4404

    Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.