CVE-2019-8565
A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 13.51% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 May 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 13.5% since 3 November 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.
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.
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209600Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209600Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.