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CVE-2019-8598

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8598 is an input validation vulnerability affecting multiple Apple products, including iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iTunes for Windows, and iCloud for Windows. A malicious application could exploit this flaw to read restricted memory. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
< 12.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
< 12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.14.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1025 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

research.checkpoint.com / 2019/select-code_execution-from-using-sqlite
support.apple.com / HT210118
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT210119
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT210120
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT210122
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT210124
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT210125
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT210212
Vendor Advisory