Apple macOS 10.14 Application null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS 10.14. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation as part of Application can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-8758. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple macOS 10.14 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was disclosed 12/18/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-8758 since 02/18/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-147416, VDB-147414, VDB-147411 and VDB-147410 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
12/18/2019 +303 days 🔍
12/19/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/15/2024 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-8758 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8758
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147412
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2019 09:22
Updated: 03/15/2024 09:15
Changes: 12/19/2019 09:22 (39), 12/19/2019 09:27 (18), 03/15/2024 09:15 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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