CVE-2019-8605

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Dec 18, 2019
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Feb 18, 2019

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOSApple	before iOS 12.3Affected
macOSApple	before macOS Mojave 10.14.5Affected
tvOSApple	before tvOS 12.3Affected
watchOSApple	before watchOS 5.2.1Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/HT210118
https://support.apple.com/HT210119
https://support.apple.com/HT210120
https://support.apple.com/HT210122
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8605government-resource

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