CVE-2019-8717 Memory corruption in macOS

What is CVE-2019-8717?

CVE-2019-8717 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8717?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Tvos.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-8717 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-8717 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wcgf-jrrf-r989.