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CVE-2019-8738

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8738 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Xcode 11.0 and earlier, which could allow for arbitrary code execution through the processing of a maliciously crafted file. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While the vulnerability has a low EPSS score and no known public exploits or community discussion, it is categorized as a memory corruption issue (CWE-787) and has a FAUCET Risk Score of 59/100.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / HT210609
Vendor Advisory