CVE-2014-4498

medium

Description

The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue.

References

https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-30

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H