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CVE-2019-8737

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2020-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina 10.15. An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack.

Affected products

• macOS: before 10.15.1 — fixed in 10.15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macOS 10.15.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722

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