CVE-2019-8740
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.30% (70th) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, watchOS 6, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (7)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8740cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155068/Apple-Security-Advisory-2019-10-29-11.htmlcnnvd
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210603cnnvd
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604cnnvd
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607cnnvd
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210603enisa_euvd
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604enisa_euvd
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607enisa_euvd
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