CVE-2019-8757 — Race Condition in Apple Macos

CWE-362 — Race Condition3 documents3 sources
Severity
2.5LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MacosApple MAC OS XApple Macos Catalina
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A race condition existed when reading and writing user preferences. This was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. The "Share Mac Analytics" setting may not be disabled when a user deselects the switch to share analytics.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-537v-9w6h-w7r3: A race condition existed when reading and writing user preferences↗2022-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2019-8757: macOS Catalina 10.15↗2019-10-07
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