CVE-2014-8817 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8817?

CVE-2014-8817 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, 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

coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.

Weakness: CWE-19

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8817?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8817?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2014-8817 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-76gf-6532-gxwj.