Buffer overflow in macOS - CVE-2019-8555
Published: December 18, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30522
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8555
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2019-8555
Install update from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 10.4.4 8G32