PT-2020-11320 · Apple · Apple Macos

Stephan Zeisberg · Published 2020-10-27 · Updated 2020-10-30 · CVE-2019-8839

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.15.2 Security Update 2019-002 Mojave (affected versions not specified) Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved bounds checking, which could allow an attacker in a privileged position to perform a denial of service attack.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.15.2, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.2 or later. For Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, apply Security Update 2019-002 or later. For Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra, apply Security Update 2019-007 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-8839

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8839 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8839 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788 · Vendor Advisory