CVE-2014-8833 Deserialization in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8833?

CVE-2014-8833 is a low-severity unsafe deserialization 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

SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache, which allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8833?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8833?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2014-8833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8833 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-hrv4-h3r9-fhhc.