CVE-2014-4438: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in LoginWindow in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain access by leveraging an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been attempted.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.9.5

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