TI-2019-06281 Aliases CVE-2019-8717 GHSA-wcgf-jrrf-r989

Out-of-bounds write in Apple macOS

LOW 37CWE-787Published 2019-12-18 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
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-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01288 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): macOS Catalina 10.15tvOS (Apple): tvOS 13

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apple	macOS	before macOS Catalina 10.15	macOS Catalina 10.15	Patch available	CNA
Apple	tvOS	before tvOS 13	tvOS 13	Patch available	CNA

macOS VendorApple Affected before macOS Catalina 10.15 Fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15 Patch available CNA
tvOS VendorApple Affected before tvOS 13 Fixed in tvOS 13 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	before 10.15	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::	before 13	Vulnerable	Apple

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.15 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15
Fix · CNA tvOS (Apple) Fixed in tvOS 13

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2019-12-18
Apple macOS macOS Catalina 10.15
12 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-06308 Memory corruption in Apple macOSPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2019-06343 Out-of-bounds write in Apple macOSPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2019-06335 An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs.Priority LOW 35
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Release · 2019-12-18
Apple tvOS tvOS 13
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-06308 Memory corruption in Apple macOSPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2019-06271 Out-of-bounds write in Apple macOSPriority LOW 26
- TI-2019-06270 Improper authentication in Apple tvOSPriority LOW 25
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-8717
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wcgf-jrrf-r989

References

Advisory 2

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

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Sources

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