CVE-2019-8709

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: October 27, 2020 at 07:42 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 state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6, iOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected

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

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 13

Affected range stops below 13, 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 < 10.15

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

tvOS · Apple

95%

v < 13

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

watchOS · Apple

95%

v < 6

Affected range stops below 6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references