CVE-2019-8605A 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,…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 17.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.8% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 27 Jun 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
- Added
- 27 Jun 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 18 Jul 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 27 Jun 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- iOS < 12.4.1 - 'Jailbreak' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47409local, iospublished 23 Sept 2019Not verified
- Apple macOS < 10.14.5 / iOS < 12.3 XNU - 'in6_pcbdetach' Stale Pointer Use-After-Free (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46892dos, multiplepublished 21 May 2019Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.6% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
References
References5
- https://support.apple.com/HT210118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210120 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT210122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8605 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-17995 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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