CVE-2019-8565 Race condition in iOS

What is CVE-2019-8565?

CVE-2019-8565 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8565?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8565?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-8565 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-8565 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-36gf-xph5-cmf6.