CVE-2019-6208
A malicious application may cause unexpected changes in memory shared between processes.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.1.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.3, tvOS 12.1.2. A malicious application may cause unexpected changes in memory shared between processes.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.42% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 January 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-665
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tv os
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS moved from 5.0% on 21 September 2026 to 3.4% on 26 October 2026.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106695Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209443Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209446Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209447Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46296/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106695Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209443Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209446Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209447Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46296/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.