CVE-2019-8605
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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
- 17.61% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 May 2019
- 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
EPSS 17.6% since 26 October 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.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8605
Public exploits (2)
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.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-47409source ↗ | iOS < 12.4.1 - 'Jailbreak' Local Privilege Escalationios · Umang Raghuvanshi | local | 23 September 2019 | no |
| EDB-46892source ↗ | Apple macOS < 10.14.5 / iOS < 12.3 XNU - 'in6_pcbdetach' Stale Pointer Use-After-Freemultiple · Google Security Research | dos | 21 May 2019 | yes |
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.