CVE-2019-8565
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS...
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-8565- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 High
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-8565- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-17955 No score
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2019-17955- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-36gf-xph5-cmf6 No score
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS...
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.
- Record
GHSA-36gf-xph5-cmf6- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apple Mac OS X - Feedback Assistant Race Condition (Metasploit) | 2019-05-23 |
| Metasploit | Mac OS X Feedback Assistant Race Condition | 2019-04-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-8565 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Apple Ios, published December 18, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.5%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.