CVE-2019-8592

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: October 27, 2020 at 07:27 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:42 AM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OStvOS

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-003 Sierra, iOS 12.3, iOS 13. Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 12.312.3.1 ≤ v < 13.0

Affected range stops below 12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 10.14v < 10.15v < 12.3v < 13v < 5.210.12.6 ≤ v ≤ 10.14.510.14.6 ≤ v < 10.15

Affected range stops below 10.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

tvOS · Apple

95%

v < 12.312.4 ≤ v < 13

Affected range stops below 12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

watchOS · Apple

95%

v < 5.2.1

Affected range stops below 5.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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