CVE-2014-4498

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-17

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike

Timeline

Published: Jan 30, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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