CVE-2019-8840 (GCVE-0-2019-8840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-27 19:54 – Updated: 2024-08-04 21:31
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Summary
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Xcode 11.3. Compiling with untrusted sources may lead to arbitrary code execution with user privileges.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Compiling with untrusted sources may lead to arbitrary code execution with user privileges
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210796 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple Xcode Affected: unspecified , < 11.3 (custom)
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