High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-8837

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.15.2
Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: = 10.15.2
Apple Inc./Security Updatellm-fuzzy
Range: = 2019-002
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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