CVE-2019-8591

published 2019-12-18

CVE-2019-8591: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. An…

Priority P3 38 high 7.1 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C N I H A H

EXPLOIT

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. An application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios	—	—
apple	ios	>= unspecified < iOS 12.3	iOS 12.3
apple	iphone_os	< 12.3	12.3
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.14.5	10.14.5
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Mojave 10.14.5	macOS Mojave 10.14.5
apple	macos_mojave_10.14.5_security_update_2019-003_high_sierra_security_update_2019-0	—	—
apple	tvos	< 12.3	12.3
apple	tvos	—	—
apple	tvos	>= unspecified < tvOS 12.3	tvOS 12.3
apple	watchos	< 5.2.1	5.2.1
apple	watchos	—	—
apple	watchos	>= unspecified < watchOS 5.2.1	watchOS 5.2.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 8.8 HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

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