Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 IOHIDFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component IOHIDFamily. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-4404. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 09/17/2014 by Ian Beer (evad3rs) with Google Project Zero as HT6441 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4404 since 06/20/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77822 (Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123515 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2)). This issue was added on 02/10/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 08/10/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96111), Exploit-DB (35440), Tenable (77822) and SecurityFocus (BID 69882†). Similar entries are available at VDB-67368, VDB-67370, VDB-67371 and VDB-67372. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 77822
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: iokit_keyboard_root.rb
MetaSploit Name: Mac OS X IOKit Keyboard Driver Root Privilege Escalation
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6441
Researcher: Ian Beer (evad3rs)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4404 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4404
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67580

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X-Force: 96111
SecurityFocus: 69882 - RETIRED: Apple iOS Prior to iOS 8 and TV Prior to TV 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1030866

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2014 17:39
Updated: 01/29/2025 19:43
Changes: 09/22/2014 17:39 (51), 07/05/2017 08:52 (27), 02/20/2022 07:34 (3), 02/20/2022 07:39 (1), 04/22/2024 18:51 (23), 07/24/2024 18:25 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 12/01/2024 03:37 (2), 01/29/2025 19:43 (11)
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