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 Jann Horn Google Project Zero
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)
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2019-8776.
The severity of CVE-2019-8776 is critical with a severity value of 7.8.
The affected software is macOS Catalina 10.15 or earlier versions.
This vulnerability can be exploited by an application to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Yes, this issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.