CVE-2019-8526 (GCVE-0-2019-8526)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-18 17:33
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < macOS Mojave 10.14.4
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-04-17

Due date: 2023-05-08

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8526

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