CVE-2014-8832 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8832?

CVE-2014-8832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The indexing functionality in Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 writes memory contents to an external hard drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading from this drive.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8832?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8832?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8832 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-8832 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8832 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-mg6r-cp3g-gwf4.