About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
The first issues of note are memory corruption bugs, CVE-2019-8748 and CVE-2019-8758, in AMD firmware and the Intel Graphics driver. These security flaws can be used to execute arbitrary code with. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible. For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page. MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update 2, Security Update 2019-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-005 Sierra. Apple has quietly issued security patches for a wide range of products, including iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches. Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006; watchOS 6.1 for. The Apple Security Updates page is the only page on Apple's website that gives you this information. It contains a list of security updates Apple has recently released for all its devices, including Macs running macOS. Look for the most recent macOS update and check which versions of macOS it was released for. If a version of macOS isn't. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security pages for the following products and apply the necessary updates: macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update 2, Security Update 2019-005 High Sierra, and Security Update 2019-005 Sierra.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.
macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, Security Update 2019-006
Released October 29, 2019
Accounts
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8787: Steffen Klee of Secure Mobile Networking Lab at Technische Universität Darmstadt
Entry updated February 11, 2020
Accounts
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: AirDrop transfers may be unexpectedly accepted while in Everyone mode
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8796: Allison Husain of UC Berkeley
Entry added April 4, 2020
AirDrop
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: AirDrop transfers may be unexpectedly accepted while in Everyone mode
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8796: Allison Husain of UC Berkeley
Entry added April 4, 2020
AMD
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8748: Lilang Wu and Moony Li of TrendMicro Mobile Security Research Team
Entry added February 11, 2020 Apple mac pro photoshop.
apache_mod_php
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Multiple issues in PHP
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to PHP version 7.3.8.
CVE-2019-11041
CVE-2019-11042
Entry added February 11, 2020
APFS
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8824: Mac working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added February 11, 2020
App Store
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A local attacker may be able to login to the account of a previously logged in user without valid credentials.
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8803: Kiyeon An, 차민규 (CHA Minkyu)
AppleGraphicsControl
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8817: Arash Tohidi
AppleGraphicsControl
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8716: Zhiyi Zhang of Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group, Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Associated Domains
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Improper URL processing may lead to data exfiltration
Description: An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8788: Juha Lindstedt of Pakastin, Mirko Tanania, Rauli Rikama of Zero Keyboard Ltd
Audio
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8706: Yu Zhou of Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
Audio
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8785: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8797: 08Tc3wBB working with SSD Secure Disclosure
Entry updated February 11, 2020
Audio
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may disclose restricted memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8850: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated December 18, 2019
Books
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2019-8789: Gertjan Franken of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven
Contacts
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Processing a maliciously contact may lead to UI spoofing
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-7152: Oliver Paukstadt of Thinking Objects GmbH (to.com)
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8592: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added November 6, 2019
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted movie may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8705: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added February 11, 2020
CoreMedia
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8825: Found by GWP-ASan in Google Chrome
Entry added February 11, 2020
CUPS
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8736: Pawel Gocyla of ING Tech Poland (ingtechpoland.com)
CUPS
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted string may lead to heap corruption
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8767: Stephen Zeisberg
CUPS
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack
Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8737: Pawel Gocyla of ING Tech Poland (ingtechpoland.com)
File Quarantine
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2019-8509: CodeColorist of Ant-Financial LightYear Labs
File System Events
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8798: ABC Research s.r.o. working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Foundation
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8746: Natalie Silvanovich and Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
Entry added February 11, 2020
Graphics
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: Processing a malicious shader may result in unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2018-12152: Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos
CVE-2018-12153: Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos
CVE-2018-12154: Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos
Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8784: Vasiliy Vasilyev and Ilya Finogeev of Webinar, LLC
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8807: Yu Wang of Didi Research America
IOGraphics
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8759: another of 360 Nirvan Team
iTunes
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Running the iTunes installer in an untrusted directory may result in arbitrary code execution
Description: A dynamic library loading issue existed in iTunes setup. This was addressed with improved path searching.
CVE-2019-8801: Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT
Kernel
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8709: derrek (@derrekr6) derrek (@derrekr6)
Entry added February 11, 2020
Kernel
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8794: 08Tc3wBB working with SSD Secure Disclosure
Kernel
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8717: Jann Horn of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8786: Wen Xu of Georgia Tech, Microsoft Offensive Security Research Intern
Entry updated November 18, 2019, updated February 11, 2020
Kernel
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of IPv6 packets. This issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2019-8744: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Kernel
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2019-8829: Jann Horn of Google Project Zero
Entry added November 6, 2019
libxml2
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: Multiple issues in libxml2
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8749: found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2019-8756: found by OSS-Fuzz
libxslt
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: Multiple issues in libxslt
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8750: found by OSS-Fuzz
manpages
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2019-8802: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit)
PDFKit
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An attacker may be able to exfiltrate the contents of an encrypted PDF
Description: An issue existed in the handling of links in encrypted PDFs. This issue was addressed by adding a confirmation prompt.
CVE-2019-8772: Jens Müller of Ruhr University Bochum, Fabian Ising of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Vladislav Mladenov of Ruhr University Bochum, Christian Mainka of Ruhr University Bochum, Sebastian Schinzel of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, and Jörg Schwenk of Ruhr University Bochum
Entry added February 11, 2020
PluginKit
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: A local user may be able to check for the existence of arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2019-8708: an anonymous researcher
PluginKit
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8715: an anonymous researcher
Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A user who shares their screen may not be able to end screen sharing
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8858: Saul van der Bijl of Saul's Place Counseling B.V.
Entry added December 18, 2019
System Extensions
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement.
CVE-2019-8805: Scott Knight (@sdotknight) of VMware Carbon Black TAU
UIFoundation
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A malicious HTML document may be able to render iframes with sensitive user information
Description: A cross-origin issue existed with 'iframe' elements. This was addressed with improved tracking of security origins.
CVE-2019-8754: Renee Trisberg of SpectX
Entry added February 24, 2020
UIFoundation
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8745: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added February 11, 2020
UIFoundation
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8831: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added February 11, 2020
UIFoundation
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2019-8761: Paulos Yibelo of Limehats, Renee Trisberg of SpectX
Entry updated August 10, 2020
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An attacker in Wi-Fi range may be able to view a small amount of network traffic
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of state transitions. This was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-15126: Milos Cermak at ESET
Entry added February 11, 2020
Additional recognition
CFNetwork
We would like to acknowledge Lily Chen of Google for their assistance.
Find My
We would like to acknowledge Amr Elseehy for their assistance.
Entry added July 28, 2020
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero, Daniel Roethlisberger of Swisscom CSIRT, Jann Horn of Google Project Zero for their assistance.
Entry updated November 6, 2019
libresolv
We would like to acknowledge enh at Google for their assistance.
Local Authentication
We would like to acknowledge Ryan Lopopolo for their assistance.
Entry added February 11, 2020
mDNSResponder
Apple Security Updates 2019 Results
We would like to acknowledge Gregor Lang of e.solutions GmbH for their assistance.
Entry added February 11, 2020
Postfix
We would like to acknowledge Chris Barker of Puppet for their assistance.
python
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
VPN
We would like to acknowledge Royce Gawron of Second Son Consulting, Inc. for their assistance.
About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.
macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-003 Sierra
Released May 13, 2019
Accessibility Framework
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8603: Phoenhex and qwerty (@_niklasb, @qwertyoruiopz, @bkth_) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
AMD
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8635: Lilang Wu and Moony Li of TrendMicro Mobile Security Research Team working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Application Firewall
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2019-8590: The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Archive Utility
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8640: Ash Fox of Fitbit Product Security
Entry added August 1, 2019
Bluetooth
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Due to a misconfiguration in the Bluetooth pairing protocols of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) version of FIDO Security Keys it may be possible for an attacker with physical proximity to be able to intercept Bluetooth traffic during pairing
Description: This issue was addressed by disabling accessories with insecure Bluetooth connections. Customers using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) version of the Titan Security Key by Google should review Android's June Bulletins and Google's advisory and take appropriate action.
CVE-2019-2102: Matt Beaver and Erik Peterson of Microsoft Corp.
Entry added September 17, 2019
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved error handling.
CVE-2019-8592: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated October 8, 2019
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8585: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CoreText
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8582: riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added July 25, 2019
DesktopServices
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2019-8589: Andreas Clementi, Stefan Haselwanter, and Peter Stelzhammer of AV-Comparatives
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8560: Nikita Pupyshev of Bauman Moscow State Technological University
Entry updated May 14, 2019
EFI
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A user may be unexpectedly logged in to another user's account
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8634: Jenny Sprenger and Maik Hoepfel
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8616: Lilang Wu and Moony Li of Trend Micro Mobile Security Research Team working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8629: Arash Tohidi of Solita Oy
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2018-4456: Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos
IOKit
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2019-8606: Phoenhex and qwerty (@_niklasb, @qwertyoruiopz, @bkth_) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Kernel
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2019-8633: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Entry added July 25, 2019, updated September 17, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8525: Zhuo Liang and shrek_wzw of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team
Entry added May 14, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8547: derrek (@derrekr6)
Entry added May 14, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8576: Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero, Junho Jang and Hanul Choi of LINE Security Team
Entry updated May 30, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8591: Ned Williamson working with Google Project Zero
Messages
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8573: Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero
Entry added July 3, 2019
Messages
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Users removed from an iMessage conversation may still be able to alter state
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8631: Jamie Bishop of Dynastic
Entry added August 1, 2019
Microcode
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Load ports, fill buffers, and store buffers in systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an attacker with local user access to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel
Description: Multiple information disclosure issues were addressed partially by updating the microcode and changing the OS scheduler to isolate the system from web content running in the browser. To completely address these issues, there are additional opt-in mitigations to disable hyper threading and enable microcode-based mitigations for all processes by default. Details of the mitigations can be found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210107.
CVE-2018-12126: Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel; Lei Shi - Qihoo 360 CERT; Marina Minkin; Daniel Genkin from University of Michigan; and Yuval Yarom from University of Adelaide
CVE-2018-12127: Brandon Falk from Microsoft Windows Platform Security Team; and Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel
CVE-2018-12130: Giorgi Maisuradze from Microsoft Research; Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel; Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, and Daniel Gruss from Graz University of Technology; Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Osterlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida from VUSec group at VU Amsterdam; Volodymyr Pikhur; and Dan Horea Lutas from BitDefender
CVE-2019-11091: Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, and Rodrigo Branco from Intel; and Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, and Daniel Gruss from Graz University of Technology
Entry added May 14, 2019
Security
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8604: Fluoroacetate working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8577: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A maliciously crafted SQL query may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8600: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8598: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
SQLite
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2019-8602: Omer Gull of Checkpoint Research
StreamingZip
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2019-8568: Dany Lisiansky (@DanyL931)
sysdiagnose
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8574: Dayton Pidhirney (@_watbulb) of Seekintoo (@seekintoo)
Touch Bar Support
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8569: Viktor Oreshkin (@stek29)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-6237: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, Liu Long of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
CVE-2019-8571: 01 working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8583: sakura of Tencent Xuanwu Lab, jessica (@babyjess1ca_) of Tencent Keen Lab, and dwfault working at ADLab of Venustech
CVE-2019-8584: G. Geshev of MWR Labs working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8586: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2019-8587: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8594: Suyoung Lee and Sooel Son of KAIST Web Security & Privacy Lab and HyungSeok Han and Sang Kil Cha of KAIST SoftSec Lab
CVE-2019-8595: G. Geshev from MWR Labs working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8596: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech
CVE-2019-8597: 01 working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8601: Fluoroacetate working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8608: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8609: Wen Xu of SSLab, Georgia Tech
CVE-2019-8610: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8611: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8615: G. Geshev from MWR Labs working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8619: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech and Hanqing Zhao of Chaitin Security Research Lab
CVE-2019-8622: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8623: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8628: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech and Hanqing Zhao of Chaitin Security Research Lab
WebKit
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Apple Security Update 2019-004
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8607: Junho Jang and Hanul Choi of LINE Security Team
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position can modify driver state
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8612: Milan Stute of Secure Mobile Networking Lab at Technische Universität Darmstadt
Entry added May 14, 2019
Additional recognition
CoreAudio
We would like to acknowledge riusksk of VulWar Corp working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative for their assistance.
Entry added July 25, 2019
CoreFoundation
We would like to acknowledge m4bln, Xiangqian Zhang, Huiming Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab, Vozzie, and Rami for their assistance.
Entry updated May 14, 2019
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Denis Kopyrin for their assistance.
Entry updated May 14, 2019
Apple Security Updates 2019
PackageKit
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) for their assistance.
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Michael Ball of Gradescope by Turnitin for their assistance.
System Preferences
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
