VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8566
A malicious application may be able to access the microphone without indication to the user.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An API issue existed in the handling of microphone data. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2. A malicious application may be able to access the microphone without indication to the user.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apple/iphone os
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.