CVE-2014-4486: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not properly handle resource lists and IOService userclient types, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Affected products

  • Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 8.1.2
  • Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.1
  • Apple tvOS: up to and including 7.0.1

Published 2015-01-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.