CVE-2019-8839

MEDIUM

Apple Mac OS X < 10.15.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.15.2
Published Oct 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026