CVE-2019-8831 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system 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 Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 10.15
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.1
▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 13
▶NVDapple/tvos< 13.0
▶NVDapple/ipados< 13.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hxhh-j95m-8w3m: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-8831: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2020-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Apple
CVE-2019-8831: macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006↗2019-10-29
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Apple
CVE-2019-8831: macOS Catalina 10.15↗2019-10-07
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Apple
CVE-2019-8831: tvOS 13↗2019-09-24
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Apple
CVE-2019-8831: iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1↗2019-09-24
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Apple
CVE-2019-8831: watchOS 6↗2019-09-19
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