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CVE-2019-8854
A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, watchOS 6, iOS 13,…
High7.5EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, watchOS 6, iOS 13, tvOS 13. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address
Affected products
References (4)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606 (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
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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