Apple macOS 10.14 State Management memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple macOS 10.14. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component State Management. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-8781. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS 10.14 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component State Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was presented 12/18/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-8781 since 02/18/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 10.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-147417, VDB-147416 and VDB-147414 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15

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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-2019-8781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147418
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2019 09:29
Updated: 03/15/2024 09:32
Changes: 12/19/2019 09:29 (39), 12/19/2019 09:34 (18), 03/15/2024 09:32 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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