CVE-2019-8829 — Improper Locking in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-667 — Improper LockingCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Ipados+4 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6.1, tvOS 13.2, iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos< 13.2
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 10.15+2
▶NVDapple/ipados< 13.2
▶NVDapple/watchos< 6.1
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cwc6-9238-hwvh: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-8829: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking↗2020-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2019-8829: watchOS 6.1↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8829: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8829: tvOS 13.2↗2019-10-28
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Apple
CVE-2019-8829: iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2↗2019-10-28
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