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CVE-2019-8740
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, watchOS 6, tvOS…
High7.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, watchOS 6, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 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)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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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
- An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210603 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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)
- 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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