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CVE-2014-4381
Libnotify in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking on write operations, which allows attackers to execute…
High9.3EPSS 3.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
Libnotify in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 lacks proper bounds checking on write operations, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a crafted application.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 69931 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1030866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61318 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 69882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- appleios-cve20144381-code-exec(96083) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4308 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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