CVE-2019-8715 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple IOSApple MacosApple Iphone OS+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina 10.15, iOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 10.15
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15
▶CVEListV5apple/iosunspecified — 13
▶NVDapple/iphone_os< 13.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q53q-6g4m-g9hw: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-8715: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2020-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2019-8715: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8715: macOS Catalina 10.15↗2019-10-07
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Apple
CVE-2019-8715: iOS 13↗2019-09-19
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