PT-2019-19071 · Apple · Apple Macos

Linus Henze · Published 2019-12-18 · Updated 2025-10-23 · CVE-2019-8526

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.14.4

Description A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management, allowing an application to potentially gain elevated privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.14.4, update to macOS Mojave 10.14.4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8526

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT209600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8526 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8526 · Security Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8526 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112786 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/35107 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140075 · Telegram Post