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CVE-2019-8745
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13, iTunes for Windows…
High8.8EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13, iTunes for Windows 12.10.1, iCloud for Windows 10.7, iCloud for Windows 7.14. Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < macOS Catalina 10.15
- affected unspecified – < tvOS 13
- affected unspecified – < iTunes for Windows 12.10.1
- affected unspecified – < iCloud for Windows 10.7
Apple · iCloud for Windows (Legacy)
- affected unspecified – < iCloud for Windows 7.14
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210635 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210636 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210634 (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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