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CVE-2014-4428
Bluetooth in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not require encryption for HID Low Energy devices, which allows remote attackers to spoof a…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.67%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 48% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Bluetooth in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not require encryption for HID Low Energy devices, which allows remote attackers to spoof a device by leveraging previous pairing.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 4 months later
· 4 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 | Medium5.4 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6542 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6541 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1031063 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- macosx-cve20144428-sec-bypass(97641) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-10-20-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 61825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-10-20-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 70636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2014-4355 (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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