High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-8840
CVE-2019-8840
Description
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Xcode 11.3. Compiling with untrusted sources may lead to arbitrary code execution with user privileges.
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Affected products
3unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <11.3
- cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- support.apple.com/en-us/HT210796nvdVendor Advisory
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