VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8717
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.29%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.29% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/tvos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.