CVE-2019-8665 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3. A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination.

Published: 2019-12-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< iOS 12.4

Apple

watchOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< watchOS 5.3

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-18055	A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3. A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01674.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT210346
https://support.apple.com/HT210353

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2019-12-18T17:33:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:24:29.506Z

Reserved: 2019-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-8665

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-18T18:15:31.973

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:42:20.367

Link: CVE-2019-8665

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

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