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OS X update for UIFoundation (CVE-2019-8657)

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OS X update for UIFoundation (CVE-2019-8657)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/23/2019
Created
07/23/2019
Added
07/23/2019
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.4, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3. Parsing a maliciously crafted office document may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-004-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_14_6

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