CVE-2014-4459 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4459?

CVE-2014-4459 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 18 Nov 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted page objects in an HTML document.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4459?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Itunes, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Safari, Apple Tvos.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2014-4459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os

• CVE-2021-30666 Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30761 Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• 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-h395-cmgw-5cf8, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4459.