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 · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apple/iphone os
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 0.7% 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.
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT209599Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.