Privacy Enhancement: Removal of Broadcast MAC Address Tracking in macOS Catalina 10.15 and iOS 13

CVE-2019-8854 · HIGH Severity

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

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, watchOS 6, iOS 13, tvOS 13. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

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