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high 7.8

CVE-2019-6218 json

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-15785

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.1.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.3, tvOS 12.1.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Patch / fix

  • Apple iOS iOS 12.1.3
  • Apple macOS macOS Mojave 10.14.3
  • Apple tvOS tvOS 12.1.2

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-46297)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46297 macOS < 10.14.3 / iOS < 12.1.3 - Arbitrary mach Port Name Deallocation in XPC Services due to Invalid mach Message Parsing in _xpc_serializer_unpack dos, 2019-01-31

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Apple iOS
  • Apple macOS
  • Apple tvOS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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