CVE-2014-4494: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Springboard in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 does not properly validate signatures when determining whether to solicit an app trust decision from the user, which allows attackers to bypass intended first-launch restrictions by leveraging access to an enterprise distribution certificate for signing a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 8.1.2

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