CVE-2014-8611 (GCVE-0-2014-8611)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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| https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&rev… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://support.apple.com/HT205267 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE |
Date Public
2014-12-10 00:00
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