CVE-2019-8730
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with...
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with improved data cleanup. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to view a user’s locked notes.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with improved data cleanup. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to view a user’s locked notes.
- Record
CVE-2019-8730- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-459
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with improved data cleanup. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to view a user’s locked notes.
- Record
CVE-2019-8730- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18120 No score
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with improved data cleanup. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to view a user’s locked notes.
- Record
EUVD-2019-18120- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hgxw-f9p9-f75r No score
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with...
The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with improved data cleanup. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to view a user?s locked notes.
- Record
GHSA-hgxw-f9p9-f75r- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-8730 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Apple Macos, published December 18, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.