PT-2020-11298 · Apple · Macos Catalina

Another · Published 2020-10-27 · Updated 2020-10-29 · CVE-2019-8759

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.1

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read that has been addressed with improved bounds checking. A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

Recommendations For macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.1, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.1 or apply Security Update 2019-001 or Security Update 2019-006 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8759

Affected Products

Macos Catalina

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8759 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722 · Vendor Advisory