CVE-2019-8555

7.8 highEPSS 1.3%

High (7.8) in apple mac os x. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2019-12-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

https://support.apple.com/HT209600
https://support.apple.com/HT209600

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