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CVE-2019-8592

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-003 Sierra, iOS 12.3, iOS 13. Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: before 12.3; from 12.3.1 before 13.0 — fixed in 12.3, 13.0
• macOS: from 10.12.6 through 10.14.5; from 10.14.6 before 10.15 — fixed in 10.15
• Apple tvOS: before 12.3; from 12.4 before 13 — fixed in 12.3, 13
• Apple watchOS: before 5.2.1 — fixed in 5.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 12.3, 13.0; macOS 10.15; Apple tvOS 12.3, 13; Apple watchOS 5.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210118
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210119
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210120
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210122
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210118
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210119
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210120
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210122

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