CVE-2019-8620 Information disclosure in iOS

What is CVE-2019-8620?

CVE-2019-8620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 18 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A device may be passively tracked by its WiFi MAC address.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8620?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Tvos, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-8620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-30762 Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-7286 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Iphone Os vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gv6j-85xq-835j.