CVE-2014-4451

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Apple iOS before 8.1.1 does not properly enforce the failed-passcode limit, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock-screen protection mechanism via a series of guesses.

Apple iOS before 8.1.1 does not properly enforce the failed-passcode limit, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock-screen protection mechanism via a series of guesses.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-11-18 11:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:35:00

Affected Software

Apple iPhone OS 8.0

8.0

Apple iPhone OS 8.0.1

8.0.1

Apple iPhone OS 8.0.2

8.0.2

References

APPLE-SA-2014-11-17-1

Vendor Advisory

62504

71138

1031232

appleios-cve20144451-sec-bypass(98776)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590

Vendor Advisory

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