{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T14:23:46+00:00","cve":"CVE-2019-8717","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2019-8717","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2019-8717.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8717","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8717"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2019-8717","description":"A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"product-security@apple.com","published_at":"2019-12-18 18:15:00","updated_at":"2022-01-01 20:08:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-787"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":[],"title":"About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006 - Apple Support","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT210634","name":"https://support.apple.com/HT210634","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15 - Apple Support","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8717","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8717","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"8717","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"apple","cpe5":"mac_os_x","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"8717","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"apple","cpe5":"mac_os_x","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"8717","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"apple","cpe5":"tvos","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"8717","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"apple","cpe5":"tvos","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"data_type":"CVE","data_format":"MITRE","data_version":"4.0","CVE_data_meta":{"ID":"CVE-2019-8717","ASSIGNER":"product-security@apple.com","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"vendor_name":"Apple","product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"macOS","version":{"version_data":[{"version_affected":"<","version_value":"macOS Catalina 10.15"}]}},{"product_name":"tvOS","version":{"version_data":[{"version_affected":"<","version_value":"tvOS 13"}]}}]}}]}},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"refsource":"CONFIRM","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210722"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT210634","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://support.apple.com/HT210634"}]},"description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges."}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2019-12-18 18:15:00","lastModifiedDate":"2022-01-01 20:08:00","problem_types":["CWE-787"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE","baseScore":7.2},"severity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":10,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"13","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"10.15","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"8717","Ordinal":"146553","Title":"CVE-2019-8717","CVE":"CVE-2019-8717","Year":"2019"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"8717","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"8717","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2019-12-18","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"8717","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2020-02-11","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}