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.
References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html | Vendor Advisory |
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html | Vendor Advisory |
https://support.apple.com/HT205212 | Vendor Advisory |
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 | Vendor Advisory |
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=275665 | |
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:27.stdio.asc | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2015-09-18T10:00:00
Updated: 2015-10-09T05:57:01
Reserved: 2014-11-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-8611
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2015-09-18T10:59:00.083
Modified: 2016-04-06T12:40:30.873
Link: CVE-2014-8611
JSON object: View
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