CVE-2014-8826: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 8.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

LaunchServices in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly handle file-type metadata, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism via a crafted JAR archive.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.1

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