CVE-2019-8767 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.28%
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 consumption 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. Processing a maliciously crafted string may lead to heap corruption.

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v6rx-f8vj-jqgj: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-8767: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2020-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2019-8767: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8767: macOS Catalina 10.15↗2019-10-07
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