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CVE-2019-8605
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3,…
High7.8Known exploitedEPSS 17.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
- Added
- 27 Jun 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 18 Jul 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.6% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
- CWE-416 Use After Free (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8605 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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