High 10.0Published Jan 30, 2015

CVE-2014-8817coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privil…

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coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.

CVSS: 10.0 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-19
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	through 10.10.1	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html	vendor-advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244	vendor-advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=80	exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100496

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