CVE-2014-8838: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Security component in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly process cached information about app certificates, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism by leveraging access to a revoked Developer ID certificate for signing a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.1

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