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CVE-2019-8846

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% 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-416

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in tvOS 13.3, iCloud for Windows 10.9, iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3, Safari 13.0.4, iTunes 12.10.3 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.16. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iCloud for Windows: before 7.16; from 10.0 before 10.9 — fixed in 10.9, 7.16
• Apple iPadOS: before 13.3 — fixed in 13.3
• Apple Iphone Os: before 13.3 — fixed in 13.3
• Apple iTunes for Windows: before 12.10.3 — fixed in 12.10.3
• Apple Safari: before 13.0.4 — fixed in 13.0.4
• Apple tvOS: before 13.3 — fixed in 13.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iCloud for Windows 10.9, 7.16; Apple iPadOS 13.3; Apple Iphone Os 13.3; Apple iTunes for Windows 12.10.3; Apple Safari 13.0.4; Apple tvOS 13.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210785
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210790
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210792
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210793
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210794
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210795
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210785
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210790
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210792
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210793
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210794
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210795

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