{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 9 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2019-8506 in the wild since at least 4 May 2022.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 May 2022.","what":"CVE-2019-8506 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Icloud, published on 18 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-8506 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-8506 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Icloud, published on 18 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2019-8506 in the wild since at least 4 May 2022.\n\nAffected product: Apple Icloud. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8506/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8506/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-8506","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8506/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-8506","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8506","GHSA-fg7h-q67h-82rg","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8506"],"analysis":{"component_type":"browser","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Apple Safari browser","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into visiting malicious web content in Safari or related Apple applications.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apple","cpe":[{"product":"icloud","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"iphone_os","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"itunes","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"safari","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"tvos","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"watchos","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_desktop","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_server","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_workstation","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-843","name":"Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type"}],"description":"A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2, Safari 12.1, iTunes 12.9.4 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.11. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2019-04-03","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2019-04-03","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"46647","stars":null,"title":"WebKit JavaScriptCore - 'createRegExpMatchesArray' Type Confusion"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Apple Multiple Products Type Confusion","id":"CVE-2019-8506","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-05-04","dueDate":"2022-05-25","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Multiple Products","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"Apple","vulnerabilityName":"Apple Multiple Products Type Confusion Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"apple:icloud","products":["apple:icloud","apple:iphone_os","apple:itunes","apple:safari","apple:tvos","apple:watchos","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in macOS","id":"CVE-2019-8507"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Safari","id":"CVE-2019-8505"},"products":["Safari","iCloud for Windows","iOS","iTunes for Windows","tvOS","watchOS"],"published":"2019-12-18","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Apple Multiple Products Type Confusion","id":"CVE-2020-27932","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-12-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in iOS","id":"CVE-2019-8746","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-27"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in iOS","id":"CVE-2019-8749","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-27"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in iOS","id":"CVE-2019-8756","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-27"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in Safari","id":"CVE-2020-9895","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in Safari","id":"CVE-2020-9850","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["Apple"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into visiting malicious web content in Safari or related Apple applications.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8506/"}