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CVE-2019-7286

Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

KEVEXPLOITHIGH 7.8EPSS 15.9%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 13 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.1.4, macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
15.94% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 May 2019
CISA KEV
Listed 23 May 2022 · due 13 June 2022
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x
Source
product-security@apple.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%30 October 2026: 15.94%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 15.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7286

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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-46803source ↗iOS 12.1.3 - 'cfprefsd' Memory Corruptionios · ZecOpsdos6 May 2019no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.