CVE-2019-8717
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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 · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 October 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/tvos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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/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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.