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CVE-2019-8526 — Apple macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2019-8526 · CWE: CWE-416

CVE-2019-8526: Apple macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Apple
Product macOS
Date added 2023-04-17
Due date 2023-05-08
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

Apple macOS contains a use-after-free vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8526

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-416. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8526
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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