CVE-2019-8715

Apple Security Advisory 2019-10-29-6

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina 10.15, iOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Se abordó un problema de corrupción de la memoria con un manejo de la memoria mejorada. Este problema se corrigió en macOS Catalina versión 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001 y Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina versión 10.15, iOS versión 13. Una aplicación puede ser capaz de ejecutar código arbitrario con privilegios system

macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001 Mojave, Security Update 2019-006 High Sierra are now available and address code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-02-18 CVE Reserved
2019-11-01 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606	2021-07-21
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634	2021-07-21
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722	2021-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 13.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 13.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				< 10.15 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " < 10.15"		-		Affected