IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not properly handle resource lists and IOService userclient types, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4486
Reference (s):
- APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-1
- URL: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html
- APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-2
- URL: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
- APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4