CVE-2019-7288 — The issue was addressed with improved validation on the FaceTime server

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CRITICAL

The issue was addressed with improved validation on the FaceTime server

Published Oct 27, 2020

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.38%

Description

The issue was addressed with improved validation on the FaceTime server. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update, iOS 12.1.4. A thorough security audit of the FaceTime service uncovered an issue with Live Photos .

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <12.1
Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <10.14

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

iOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<12.1

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<10.14

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.38% 0.01383

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01383

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.38% (0.01383)	71.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.37% (0.01366)	68.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 29, 2025	1.26% (0.01260)	66.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.24% (0.00244)	64.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.24% (0.00244)	63.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 13, 2023	0.24% (0.00244)	61.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00221)	58.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.09% (0.00092)	0.27th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.09% (0.00092)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209520
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209521
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209520		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209521		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 27, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 31, 2019

Link CVE-2019-7288

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-7288

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-7288