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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.