CVE-2019-8854

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, watchOS 6, iOS 13, tvOS 13. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	tvOS	>= unspecified, < 13
Apple	iOS	>= unspecified, < 13
Apple	watchOS	>= unspecified, < 6
Apple	macOS	>= unspecified, < 10.15

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 27, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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