Buffer overflow in watchOS - CVE-2019-8750

 

Buffer overflow in watchOS - CVE-2019-8750

Published: December 18, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30530
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8750
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
watchOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 6.1, iCloud for Windows 11.0. Multiple issues in libxslt.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-8750

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources