CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-8635

Double Free

Published: Dec 18, 2019 | Modified: Jul 21, 2021

CVSS 3.x

7.8

HIGH

Source:

NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8635
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Mac_os_x	Apple	*	10.14.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References

https://support.apple.com/HT210119

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