7.8High KEV

CVE-2019-8605Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Apple iOS; Apple macOS; Apple tvOS; Apple watchOS Published: (6 years ago)

Known exploited — Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 27.06.2022. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 18.07.2022.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8605

Description

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.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-416

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS unspecified – < iOS 12.3
apple iphone os < 12.3
apple mac os x < 10.14.5
Apple macOS unspecified – < macOS Mojave 10.14.5
Apple tvOS unspecified – < tvOS 12.3
Apple watchOS unspecified – < watchOS 5.2.1

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (4)

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 12.3
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.14.5
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 12.3
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 5.2.1