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CVE-2019-8705

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. Processing a maliciously crafted movie may result in the disclosure of process memory.

Affected products

• macOS: before 10.15 — fixed in 10.15
• Apple tvOS: before 13 — fixed in 13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macOS 10.15; Apple tvOS 13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/HT210634
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722
• https://support.apple.com/HT210634
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722

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