CVE-2019-8840 - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking

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HIGH

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking

Published Oct 27, 2020

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.33%

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Xcode 11.3. Compiling with untrusted sources may lead to arbitrary code execution with user privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product Xcode Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <11.3

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

Xcode

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<11.3

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

References (1)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210796
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210796		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 Feb 18, 2019

Link CVE-2019-8840

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-8840

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-8840