CVE-2019-8852

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected

Apple · macOS

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

2.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 86th percentile

Published

2020-10-27

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• pattern-f/CVE-2019-885212★ · 2021-05-06

Security advisories

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-27904
• CVE-2021-1782