Security Advisory

CVE-2014-8823

4.7

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date January 30, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory