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published 2019-12-18 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18120

cvss: 3.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits: 0; none known

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Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Apple macOS macOS Catalina 10.15

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Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup

References

support.apple.com /HT210634
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-8730
NVD CVE-2019-8730

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