CVE-2019-8662 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It allows an attacker to trigger a use-after-free condition when an application deserializes an untrusted NSDictionary, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction and allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media attention, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.