CVE-2014-4434 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4434?

CVE-2014-4434 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Oct 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

The kernel in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted filename on an HFS filesystem.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4434?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4434?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4434 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-4434 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4434 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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