CVE-2019-8781
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in...
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- 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 memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-8781- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-8781- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18171 No score
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2019-18171- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x6qv-5qx2-pvjw No score
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in...
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
GHSA-x6qv-5qx2-pvjw- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | A2nkF/macOS-Kernel-Exploit | 2019-09-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | TrungNguyen1909/CVE-2019-8781-macOS | 2019-10-27 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-8781 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Macos, published December 18, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.25%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.