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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-8540

A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.59%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.59% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-665
Affected
apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
Source
product-security@apple.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.