CVE-2014-8823

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=21
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100514
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

References

• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=21
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100514
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

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