Apple iOS: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Priority MEDIUM 43Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01111 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed iOS (Apple): iOS 12.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA iOS (Apple) Fixed in iOS 12.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple iOS iOS 12.3
40 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 23 MEDIUM, 16 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-06181 Use after free in Apple iOSPriority CRITICAL 93
- TI-2019-06176 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 61
- TI-2019-06189 Use after free in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 57
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-8617
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8gx9-x8hq-qrjj
References
Advisory 1
More Apple Iphone Os vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-8617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-8617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8gx9-x8hq-qrjj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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