CVE-2014-4417 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Safari's Push Notification service by tricking users into visiting a malicious website.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-4417?
CVE-2014-4417 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Safari in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (universal Push Notification outage) via a web site that triggers an uncaught SafariNotificationAgent exception by providing a crafted Push Notification.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4417?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Mac Os X.
How do I fix CVE-2014-4417?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4417 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-2014-4417 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4417 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vff6-9fcq-v6p4.