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High · 7.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2019-8605 EUVD-2019-17995GHSA-rv43-fj24-7hpc

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, wat…

Published Dec 18, 2019 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by apple

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apple iOS unspecified – < iOS 12.3 iOS 12.3
Apple macOS unspecified – < macOS Mojave 10.14.5 macOS Mojave 10.14.5
Apple tvOS unspecified – < tvOS 12.3 tvOS 12.3
Apple watchOS unspecified – < watchOS 5.2.1 watchOS 5.2.1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 1 repository

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