CVE-2014-8840
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
The iTunes Store component in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass a Safari sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging redirection of an SSL URL to the iTunes Store.
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 — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-010/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100533
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-010/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100533
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.