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CVE-2019-7287

Apple iOS Memory Corruption Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 4.58%

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. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel 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
4.58% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Listed 23 May 2022 · due 13 June 2022
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
apple/iphone os
Source
product-security@apple.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%30 October 2026: 4.58%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 4.6% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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-2019-7287

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