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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2019-8717 EUVD-2019-18107GHSA-wcgf-jrrf-r989

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application…

Published Dec 18, 2019 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by apple

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apple macOS unspecified – < macOS Catalina 10.15 macOS Catalina 10.15
Apple tvOS unspecified – < tvOS 13 tvOS 13

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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