CVE-2019-8829
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2020 at 07:53 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:42 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6.1, tvOS 13.2, iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. 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 < 13.2
Affected range stops below 13.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 13.2
Affected range stops below 13.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.15v < 10.15.1v < 13.2v < 6.1
Affected range stops below 10.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 13.2
Affected range stops below 13.2, 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 (4)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210721x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210723x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210724CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667CWE-787
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