CVE-2014-4497 — Integer signedness error in IOBluetoothFamily in the Bluetooth implementation in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (write to kernel memory) via a crafted app

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Integer signedness error in IOBluetoothFamily in the Bluetooth implementation in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (write to kernel memory) via a crafted app

Published Jan 30, 2015

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.38%

Description

Integer signedness error in IOBluetoothFamily in the Bluetooth implementation in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (write to kernel memory) via a crafted app.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.38% 0.02384

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02384

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.38% (0.02384)	83.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.38% (0.02384)	81.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.52% (0.00517)	64.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.05% (0.01049)	84.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 5, 2024	0.63% (0.00629)	78.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 15, 2024	0.57% (0.00572)	77.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 22, 2024	0.59% (0.00588)	77.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 20, 2023	0.59% (0.00588)	75.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 7, 2023	0.60% (0.00599)	75.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.59% (0.00588)	74.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.15% (0.02147)	80.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.15% (0.02147)	78.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.15% (0.02147)	56.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-189

References (3)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Jan 30, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 20, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4497

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4497

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4497