CVE-2019-8605
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.176 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSadded 2022-06-27remediate by 2022-07-18
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-47409iOS < 12.4.1 - 'Jailbreak' Local Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db
- 1nteger-c/CVE-2019-86051nteger-c/CVE-2019-8605PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (12)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (35)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.apple.com/ios/cnnvd
- http://www.apple.com/watchos-2/cnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1806cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8605cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152847/Apple-Security-Advisory-2019-5-13-4.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152993/XNU-Stale-Pointer-Use-After-Free.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154226/Apple-Security-Advisory-2019-8-26-3.htmlcnnvd
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118cnnvd
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