CVE-2014-1271 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash iOS or Apple TV devices via a crafted app due to improper validation of IOKit API calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-1271?
CVE-2014-1271 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 14 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
CoreCapture in Apple iOS before 7.1 and Apple TV before 6.1 does not properly validate IOKit API calls, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and device crash) via a crafted app.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1271?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Tvos.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1271?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-1271 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1271 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vpq-jhcp-mwww.