CVE-2014-8838 — The Security component in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly process cached information about app certificates, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism by leveraging access to a revoked Developer ID certificate for signing a crafted app

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The Security component in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly process cached information about app certificates, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism by leveraging access to a revoked Developer ID certificate for signing a crafted app

Published Jan 30, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.85%

Description

The Security component in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly process cached information about app certificates, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism by leveraging access to a revoked Developer ID certificate for signing a crafted app.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.85% 0.00854

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

EPSS probability 0.00854

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	0.85% (0.00854)	56.79th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.85% (0.00854)	53.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00149)	32.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	53.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 28, 2024	0.16% (0.00158)	52.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00158)	50.48th	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-264

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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100525
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100525		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Jan 30, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 14, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8838

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8838

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8838