CVE-2014-8822

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a kernel context or cause a denial of service by writing to kernel memory. This can be achieved via a crafted app that calls an unspecified user-client method, specifically targeting the IOHIDFamily component.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2, update to version 10.10.2 or later to resolve the issue.