# CVE-2014-4494: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Attackers can bypass iOS first-launch trust restrictions by signing crafted apps with enterprise certificates, requiring user interaction to install.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ph2m-x7wf-q6gr

## What is CVE-2014-4494?

CVE-2014-4494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 30 Jan 2015. 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

Springboard in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 does not properly validate signatures when determining whether to solicit an app trust decision from the user, which allows attackers to bypass intended first-launch restrictions by leveraging access to an enterprise distribution certificate for signing a crafted app.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4494?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apple Iphone Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-4494?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-4494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2021-30666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30666/): Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-30761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30761/): Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-30762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30762/): Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-4657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4657/): Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-7286](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7286/): Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-4494 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-4494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 30 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Iphone Os. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4494/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4494
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4494
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-4494

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4494/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.