| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Apple tvOS and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Application Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8740. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS (Digital Media Player) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Application Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 10/28/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-8740. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
02/18/2019 🔍10/28/2020 🔍
10/28/2020 🔍
11/28/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-8740 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-163817
Entry
Created: 10/28/2020 10:11Updated: 11/28/2020 13:59
Changes: 10/28/2020 10:11 (36), 11/28/2020 13:55 (2), 11/28/2020 13:59 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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