CVE-2019-8798Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 61.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, tvOS 13.2, watchOS 6.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecifiedtvOS 13.2
NVDapple/tvos< 13.2
CVEListV5apple/macosunspecifiedmacOS Catalina 10.15.1
NVDapple/ipados< 13.2
CVEListV5apple/watchosunspecifiedwatchOS 6.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7jqm-x79h-jq97: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2019-8798: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling2019-12-18

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2019-8798: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-0062019-10-29
Apple
CVE-2019-8798: watchOS 6.12019-10-29
Apple
CVE-2019-8798: tvOS 13.22019-10-28
Apple
CVE-2019-8798: iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.22019-10-28

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Sentinelone
Privilege Escalation | macOS Malware & The Path to Root Part 1 - SentinelLabs2019-11-06
Sentinelone
Privilege Escalation | macOS Malware & The Path to Root Part 12019-11-06
CVE-2019-8798 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos | cvebase