Exploitation Summary
CVE-2019-8526 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added April 17, 2023.
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT209600
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8526
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
43.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2023-04-17
VulnCheck KEV
2022-01-25
InTheWild.io
2023-04-17
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2019-17916
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x
< 10.14.4
Published
Dec 18, 2019
KEV Added
Apr 17, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026