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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2019-8786)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2019-8786)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/06/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, tvOS 13.2, watchOS 6.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-001-mojave
  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-006-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_1

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