CVE-2014-4460: Apple iPhone OS

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 8.1.1 and OS X before 10.10.1 does not properly clear the browsing cache upon a transition out of private-browsing mode, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading cache files.

Affected products

  • Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 8.1; version 8.0 only; version 8.0.1 only; version 8.0.2 only
  • Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.1; version 10.0 only; version 10.0.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.0.2 only; version 10.0.3 only; …

Published 2014-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.