CVE-2019-8523

25

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8523 addresses multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Apple products, including iOS, tvOS, Safari, iTunes for Windows, and iCloud for Windows. These flaws, rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, could allow arbitrary code execution if a user processes maliciously crafted web content. While the vulnerability is severe and easily exploitable over a network with user interaction, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 7.11CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud::::::windows::*
		< 12.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes::::::windows::*
		< 12.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari::::::::
		< 12.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
		< 12.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.05%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

79.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (32)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.24.3-1.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: webkitgtk4-0:2.22.7-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gjs-0:1.56.2-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-desktop3-0:3.32.2-1.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-remote-desktop-0:0.1.6-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-settings-daemon-0:3.32.0-4.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-shell-0:3.32.2-9.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-shell-extensions-0:3.32.1-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: accountsservice-0:0.6.50-7.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: appstream-data-0:8-20190805.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: baobab-0:3.28.0-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: chrome-gnome-shell-0:10.1-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: evince-0:3.28.4-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: file-roller-0:3.28.1-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gdm-1:3.28.3-22.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-control-center-0:3.28.2-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-software-0:3.30.6-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-tweaks-0:3.28.1-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gsettings-desktop-schemas-0:3.32.0-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gtk3-0:3.22.30-4.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gvfs-0:1.36.2-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mozjs60-0:60.9.0-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mutter-0:3.32.2-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nautilus-0:3.28.1-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pango-0:1.42.4-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.13.0-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: plymouth-0:0.9.3-15.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: SDL-0:1.2.15-35.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wayland-protocols-0:1.17-1.el8

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: webkitgtk3

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-8523Moderate

webkitgtk: malicious web content leads to arbitrary code execution

References

support.apple.com / HT209599

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209601

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209603

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209604

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209605

Vendor Advisory