PT-2019-19108 · Apple · Watchos+3

Ned Williamson · Published 2019-12-18 · Updated 2019-12-20 · CVE-2019-8591

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 12.3 macOS Mojave versions prior to 10.14.5 tvOS versions prior to 12.3 watchOS versions prior to 5.2.1

Description A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue may allow an application to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 12.3, update to iOS 12.3 or later. For macOS Mojave versions prior to 10.14.5, update to macOS Mojave 10.14.5 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 12.3, update to tvOS 12.3 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 5.2.1, update to watchOS 5.2.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Type Confusion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-843

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8591

Affected Products

Ios

Macos Mojave

Tvos

Watchos

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/jsherman212/used_sock · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/46891 · Exploit
• https://support.apple.com/HT210119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210122 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8591 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT210118 · Vendor Advisory