CVE-2019-8606

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

• CWE-362

• https://support.apple.com/HT210119Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210119Vendor Advisory

Published

Dec 18, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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• CVE-2019-8603A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitiz…8.8
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• CVE-2019-8609Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improv…8.8
• CVE-2019-8610Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improv…8.8
• CVE-2019-8611Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improv…8.8
• CVE-2019-8612A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. …6.5