CVE-2014-8823

Published Jan 30, 2015

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: The IOUSBControllerUserClient::ReadRegister function in the IOUSB controller in IOUSBFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows local users to read data from arbitrary kernel-memory locations by leveraging root access and providing a crafted first argument.
Source: product-security@apple.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.7
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "24C6A01A-6308-4C69-B4D5-5BC10277E2E5",
            "versionEndIncluding": "10.10.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References