CISA KEV entry
CVE-2014-4404Apple OS X Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Apple OS X. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 10 February 2022.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2022-02-10
- Federal due date
- 2022-08-10 181 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 7.8 High CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
- EPSS
- 48.92% percentile 98.8, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2014-09-18, 2702 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) S06. The catalogue due date, 181 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short description
Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4404
CWE in the catalogue
CWE-119
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6441 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6442 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 Vendor Advisory
Links in CISA's notes
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- CWE-787 by nvd@nist.gov
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS versions in NVD
- V2, V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-17T00:09:56.033
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2025-01-29 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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