CVE-2014-4422 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4422?

CVE-2014-4422 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 18 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 uses a predictable random number generator during the early portion of the boot process, which allows attackers to bypass certain kernel-hardening protection mechanisms by using a user-space process to observe data related to the random numbers.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4422?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Tvos.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-4422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-30762 Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-7286 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Iphone Os vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m423-xcxx-rppr.