CVE-2014-8836

The Bluetooth driver in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (arbitrary-size bzero of kernel memory) via a crafted app.

• CWE-20

• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=136Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031626
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100490
• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=136Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031626
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100490

Published

Jan 30, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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