Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-8611

Description

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.

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Affected products

FreeBSD/FreeBSDllm-fuzzy2 versions
=10.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =10.1
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <9
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=8.4.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.10.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT205212nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT205267nvdVendor Advisory
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.ascnvdVendor Advisory
svnweb.freebsd.org/basenvd

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