CVE-2019-8716 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
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. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 10.15
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6v46-26c7-5jgc: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-8716: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2020-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2019-8716: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Sentinelone
Privilege Escalation | macOS Malware & The Path to Root Part 1 - SentinelLabs↗2019-11-06
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Sentinelone
Privilege Escalation | macOS Malware & The Path to Root Part 1↗2019-11-06
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