VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8829
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6.1, tvOS 13.2, iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.99% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-667, CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210721Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210723Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210724Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210721Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210723Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210724Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.