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
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209600Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209601Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209602Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209600Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209601Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209602Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.