CVE-2019-8717

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	>= unspecified, < macOS Catalina 10.15
Apple	tvOS	>= unspecified, < tvOS 13

References

https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 18, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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