CVE-2019-8757 Race condition in macOS

What is CVE-2019-8757?

CVE-2019-8757 is a low-severity 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 race condition existed when reading and writing user preferences. This was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. The "Share Mac Analytics" setting may not be disabled when a user deselects the switch to share analytics.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8757?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8757?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8757 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-8757 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8757 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-537v-9w6h-w7r3.