CVE-2014-4498 — The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue

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The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue

Published Jan 30, 2015

4.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.39%

Description

The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.39% 0.00389

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

EPSS probability 0.00389

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.39% (0.00389)	30.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.39% (0.00389)	30.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00031)	5.56th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00111)	45.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.11% (0.00111)	44.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00111)	42.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-17

References (4)

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
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike
x_refsource_MISC

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
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike		x_refsource_MISC

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-2014-4498

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4498

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4498