CVE-2014-8611

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-8611
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2015-09-18T10:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-04-06T12:40:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.4.1
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.10.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc Vendor Advisory
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8611
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8611
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:17:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:21:29 2015-09-18T10:59Z 2015-09-18T10:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 06:21:29 2016-04-06T12:40:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 06:21:29 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated