CVE-2014-4408: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The rt_setgate function in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and device crash) via a crafted call.

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; …
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.9.5
• Apple tvOS: up to and including 6.2; version 6.0 only; version 6.0.1 only; version 6.0.2 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.1.1 only; …

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