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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2019-8717)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2019-8717)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/08/2019
Created
10/09/2019
Added
10/08/2019
Modified
12/06/2022

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-001-mojave
  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-006-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_1

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