CVE-2014-8822

high

Description

IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a kernel context or cause a denial of service (write to kernel memory) via a crafted app that calls an unspecified user-client method.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100513

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-30

Updated: 2017-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High