CVE-2014-8611
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.9
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.
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
FreeBSD Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | Affected | — |
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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