CVE-2014-1271: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CoreCapture in Apple iOS before 7.1 and Apple TV before 6.1 does not properly validate IOKit API calls, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and device crash) via a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 7.0.6; version 7.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.0.2 only; version 7.0.3 only; version 7.0.4 only; …
• Apple tvOS: up to and including 6.0.2; version 6.0 only; version 6.0.1 only

Published 2014-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.