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CVE-2019-8838

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8838 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, and tvOS. This flaw, categorized as CWE-787, could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges due to improved memory handling not being properly implemented. The vulnerability carries a CVSSv3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk. It requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and local access (AV:L), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.15.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 / en-us/HT210785
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT210788
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT210789
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT210790
Release NotesVendor Advisory