CVE-2019-8776: Critical severity macos catalina vulnerability
Published Oct 7, 2019
·Updated
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Other sources
dyld. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
Credit
Jann Horn(Google Project Zero)
Affected Software
2 affected componentsFixes available
apple macOS Catalina<10.15
10.15
Apple iOS and macOS<10.15
Event History
Oct 27, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:48 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:48 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2019-8748
- CVE-2019-11041
- CVE-2019-11042
- CVE-2019-8706
- CVE-2019-8850
- CVE-2019-8774
- CVE-2019-8753
- CVE-2019-8705
- CVE-2019-8592
- CVE-2019-8741
- CVE-2019-8825
- CVE-2019-8757
- CVE-2019-8736
- CVE-2019-8767
- CVE-2019-8737
- CVE-2019-8776
- CVE-2019-8509
- CVE-2019-8746
- CVE-2018-12152
- CVE-2018-12153
- CVE-2018-12154
- CVE-2019-8759
- CVE-2019-8758
- CVE-2019-8755
- CVE-2019-8703
- CVE-2019-8809
- CVE-2019-8744
- CVE-2019-8717
- CVE-2019-8709
- CVE-2019-8781
- CVE-2019-8749
- CVE-2019-8756
- CVE-2019-8750
- CVE-2019-8799
- CVE-2019-8826
- CVE-2019-8730
- CVE-2019-8772
- CVE-2019-8708
- CVE-2019-8715
- CVE-2019-8855
- CVE-2019-8770
- CVE-2019-8701
- CVE-2019-8761
- CVE-2019-8745
- CVE-2019-8831
- CVE-2019-8769
- CVE-2019-8768
- CVE-2019-8854
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2019-8776.
2
What is the severity of CVE-2019-8776?
The severity of CVE-2019-8776 is critical with a severity value of 7.8.
3
What is the affected software?
The affected software is macOS Catalina 10.15 or earlier versions.
4
How can this vulnerability be exploited?
This vulnerability can be exploited by an application to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
5
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-8776?
Yes, this issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.