CVE-2019-8605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since June 27, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.11864.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT210118
https://support.apple.com/HT210119
https://support.apple.com/HT210120
https://support.apple.com/HT210122

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-06-27'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2019-12-18T17:33:18.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:45:51.899Z

Reserved: 2019-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-8605

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:24:29.386Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-12-18T18:15:28.833

Modified: 2025-02-28T14:44:48.713

Link: CVE-2019-8605

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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