CVE-2014-8611

Apple iOS < 9 and macOS < 10.10.5 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in stdio __sflush Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
apple/iphone_os < 8.4.1
apple/mac_os_x < 10.10.5
freebsd/freebsd 10.1
Published Sep 18, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026