CVE-2019-8717

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

• CWE-787

• https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210634Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Dec 18, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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