CVE-2019-8565

moderate-risk

Published 2019-12-18

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Do I need to act?

28.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 71% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

46914

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.0/10 High

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Iphone Os

Mac Os X

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT209599

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT209600

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT209599

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT209600

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moderate-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 22/34 · High

Exposure 7/34 · Low