VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2019-8605
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 17.5%
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 17.51% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 27 June 2022 · due 18 July 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8605
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210119Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210119Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8605US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.