CVE-2014-4361: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Home & Lock Screen subsystem in Apple iOS before 8 does not properly restrict the private API for app prominence, which allows attackers to determine the frontmost app by leveraging access to a crafted background app.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 7.1.2; version 7.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.0.2 only; version 7.0.3 only; version 7.0.4 only; …

Published 2014-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.