CVE-2014-1281

low
Published 2014-03-14 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.9

Description

Photos Backend in Apple iOS before 7.1 does not properly manage the asset-library cache during deletions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive photo data by launching the Photos app and looking under a transparent image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ€” if you've already worked around this in production โ€” publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

macos macOS Affected 7 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
7.0.5 Affected โ€”
7.0.4 Affected โ€”
7.0.3 Affected โ€”
7.0.2 Affected โ€”
7.0.1 Affected โ€”
7.0 Affected โ€”
โ€” Affected โ€”

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.