Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Patched in macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and Security Updates for Mojave and High Sierra

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Patched in macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and Security Updates for Mojave and High Sierra

CVE-2019-8839 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack.

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