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high 7.5

CVE-2019-8788 json

An issue existed in the parsing of URLs.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18178

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1. Improper URL processing may lead to data exfiltration.

Patch / fix

  • Apple iOS iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2
  • Apple macOS macOS Catalina 10.15.1

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Exploit prediction

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Apple iOS
  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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