CVE-2019-8661
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.28% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 August 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 10.3% 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.
Public exploits (1)
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.
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210348Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210348Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.