Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-8761

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, macOS Catalina 10.15. Parsing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to disclosure of user information.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.15
Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: before 10.15.1
Apple Inc./Security Updatellm-fuzzy
Range: before 2019-001, before 2019-006
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722nvdVendor Advisory
www.paulosyibelo.com/2021/04/this-man-thought-opening-txt-file-is.htmlnvd

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