CVE-2014-8817

no score yetEPSS 2.9%

apple mac os x: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-19
Published: 2015-01-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=80
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100496

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