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CVE-2014-8823

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.

Published

2015-01-30T11:59:33.797

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.10.1	Yes

References

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=21 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100514 ([email protected])
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=21 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100514 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)