CVE-2019-8759 — Out-of-bounds Read in Apple Macos

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fvj8-9c85-p7jf: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-8759: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking↗2020-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2019-8759: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8759: macOS Catalina 10.15↗2019-10-07
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