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OS X update for IOKit SCSI (CVE-2019-8529)

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OS X update for IOKit SCSI (CVE-2019-8529)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/26/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/26/2019
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

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

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