CVE-2019-8833 - A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code

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HIGH

A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code

Published Oct 27, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.36%

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3, watchOS 6.1.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra, tvOS 13.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS and iPadOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <13.3
Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <10.15
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <13.3
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <6.1

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 and iPadOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<13.3

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<10.15
unspecified	affected	<13.3
unspecified	affected	<6.1

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (4)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210785
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210789
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210790
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210785		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210789		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210790		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor 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 Feb 18, 2019

Link CVE-2019-8833

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-8833

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-8833