CVE-2019-8717 - A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

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HIGH

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

Published Dec 18, 2019

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.29%

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <macOS Catalina 10.15
Vendor Apple Product tvOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <tvOS 13

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

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<macOS Catalina 10.15

Apple

tvOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<tvOS 13

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/HT210634
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT210634		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722		x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Dec 18, 2019

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2019

Link CVE-2019-8717

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-8717

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-8717