CVE-2014-4432: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

fdesetup in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly display the encryption status in between a setting-update action and a reboot action, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain cleartext data by leveraging ignorance of the reboot requirement.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.9.5

Published 2014-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.