CVE-2014-4459

medium

Published 2014-11-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted page objects in an HTML document.

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.

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OS impact

macOS Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`10.10.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apple	safari	`{"startIncluding":"6.0","endExcluding":"6.2.1"}`	`6.2.1`
apple	itunes	`{"endExcluding":"12.2"}`	`12.2`

References

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

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