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
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.