PT-2020-11319 · Apple · Macos Mojave+6

Cim Stordal · Published 2020-10-27 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2019-8838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 13.3 iPadOS versions prior to 13.3 watchOS versions prior to 6.1.1 macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.2 macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2019-002 macOS High Sierra versions prior to Security Update 2019-007 tvOS versions prior to 13.3

Description A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue allows an application to potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 13.3, update to iOS 13.3 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 13.3, update to iPadOS 13.3 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 6.1.1, update to watchOS 6.1.1 or later. For macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.2, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.2 or later. For macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2019-002, apply Security Update 2019-002 or later. For macOS High Sierra versions prior to Security Update 2019-007, apply Security Update 2019-007 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 13.3, update to tvOS 13.3 or later.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8838

Affected Products

Ios

Ipados

Macos Catalina

Macos High Sierra

Macos Mojave

Tvos

Watchos

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210790 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8838 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210789 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788 · Vendor Advisory