CVE-2014-4442: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a message to a system control socket.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.9.5

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