CVE-2019-6214
A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
A type confusion 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, watchOS 5.1.3. A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.64% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 January 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tv os · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS moved from 5.9% on 21 September 2026 to 3.6% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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/106739Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209443Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209446Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209447Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209448Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46298/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106739Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209443Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209446Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209447Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209448Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46298/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.