CVE-2019-8506
Apple Multiple Products: Type Confusion
As of , CVE-2019-8506 in Apple Multiple Products is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 4 May 2022
- US federal deadline
- 25 May 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.16Higher than 96% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.11 on 4 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
A type confusion issue affecting multiple Apple products allows processing of maliciously crafted web content, leading to arbitrary code execution.
CISA's description
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2, Safari 12.1, iTunes 12.9.4 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.11. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
The CVE record's description, from apple
- CVE published
- 18 December 2019
- Assigned by
- apple
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-843
- Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 46647).
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: WebKit JavaScriptCore - 'createRegExpMatchesArray' Type ConfusionEDB-ID 46647, verified by Exploit-DB, 3 April 2019
Multiple Products: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-86950Out-of-Bounds Write | Apple Multiple Products | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA; listed in the last 14 days | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-30860Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.76 | 0.76 | ||
| CVE-2023-32434Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.52 | 0.52 | ||
| CVE-2019-8605Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2020-3837Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.15 | ||
| CVE-2023-28205WebKit Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.27 | ||
| CVE-2021-30807Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.29 | ||
| CVE-2025-31200Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.19 | ||
| CVE-2025-24085Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2024-44309Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.23 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org