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CVE-2019-8605

Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 17.5%

Does this matter?

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.