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CVE-2014-8611

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The __sflush function in fflush.c in stdio in libc in FreeBSD 10.1 and the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles failures of the write system call, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted application.

Date published : 2015-09-18

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

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