CVE-2014-8823

medium

Description

The IOUSBControllerUserClient::ReadRegister function in the IOUSB controller in IOUSBFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows local users to read data from arbitrary kernel-memory locations by leveraging root access and providing a crafted first argument.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100514

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: 2017-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium