CVE-2019-8665 Denial of service in iOS
A remote attacker can cause unexpected application termination in Apple iOS and watchOS due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-8665?
CVE-2019-8665 is a high-severity denial of service 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 denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3. A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8665?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Watchos.
How do I fix CVE-2019-8665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-8665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6gp3-wxp7-527x.