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OS X update for IOKit (CVE-2019-8504)

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OS X update for IOKit (CVE-2019-8504)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/26/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/26/2019
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-002-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_14_4

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