medium6.9
CVE-2014-8611
The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which all…
Impact
The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Iphone Os | through 8.4.1 |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | Version 10.1 |
| Apple | Mac Os X | through 10.10.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc