CVE-2019-8701 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Catalina 10.15 and earlier, allowing an application to execute arbitrary code with system privileges due to improved memory handling. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 57/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit modules available in Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for the vast majority of vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.