High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-8553
CVE-2019-8553
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2. Clicking a malicious SMS link may lead to arbitrary code execution.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <12.2
- (no CPE)range: tvOS 12.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.2
- (no CPE)range: watchOS 5.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
iOS 12.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: iOS 12.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- support.apple.com/HT209599nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT209601nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT209602nvdVendor Advisory
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