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01 Record

CVE-2019-8755

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 31.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-12-18 17:33Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 21:31Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-02-18
Assigning CNA
apple
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
cfa9007688b07a985f7e0974e85bb280ac8f413558ea08e184702f178f4b5eb5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ApplemacOS< macOS Catalina 10.15—

06 References