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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-8527

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 3.24%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.24% probability · 88th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
Source
product-security@apple.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.24%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

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