Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-8744
CVE-2019-8744
Description
A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of IPv6 packets. This issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6, iOS 13. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <13
- (no CPE)range: 13
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.0
- (no CPE)range: 6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: 10.15, 10.15.1
- Range: 2019-001, 2019-006
13+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 13
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722nvdVendor Advisory
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