Type confusion

The xpcdatagetbytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpcdata data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue...

CVE-2014-8835

The xpcdatagetbytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpcdata data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue...

CVE-2014-8835

CVE-2014-8835 affects Apple OS X prior to 10.10.2, where libxpc’s xpc_data_get_bytes does not verify the data type of a dictionary’s Attributes key, enabling a type-confusion path via crafted dictionaries to sysmond that can lead to arbitrary code execution. The documented impact is local to OS X...