CVE-2019-8718
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2020 at 07:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendoriPhone OStvOSwatchOS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 6, iOS 13, tvOS 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.
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
v < 13
Affected range stops below 13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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