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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-8839

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.71%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.71% probability · 52th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
apple/mac os x
Source
product-security@apple.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.