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coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command

Published Jan 30, 2015

Description

coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-19

References (5)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apple
Published Jan 30, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 14, 2014
Link CVE-2014-8817
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2014-8817
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2014-8817