CVE-2019-8839 - A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking

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MEDIUM

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking

Published Oct 27, 2020

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.71%

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.

Affected products

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

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	<10.15

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-120

Classic Buffer Overflow

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-18229
Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-18229		Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory