Use after free in Apple macOS
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.10284 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): macOS Mojave 10.14.6
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple macOS macOS Mojave 10.14.6
37 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 25 MEDIUM, 12 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-06227 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 57
- TI-2019-06229 Use after free in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 54
- TI-2019-06256 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 53
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-8661
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qp2w-5j73-m364
References
Advisory 1
More Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-01573 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-01572 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02117 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-8661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-8661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qp2w-5j73-m364 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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