First published: Mon Oct 07 2019(Updated: )
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Credit: product-security@apple.com Lilang Wu Moony Li Trend Micro
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Apple Mac OS X | <10.15 | |
Apple macOS Catalina | <10.15 | 10.15 |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2019-8758 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Intel Graphics Driver that allows an application to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
CVE-2019-8758 has a severity rating of 7.8 out of 10, which is considered high.
macOS Catalina version 10.15 is affected by CVE-2019-8758.
Updating to macOS Catalina 10.15 or higher will fix CVE-2019-8758.
More information about CVE-2019-8758 can be found at the following references: [support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634](support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634) and [support.apple.com/HT210634](support.apple.com/HT210634).