CVE-2019-8532: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 5.2, iOS 12.2. A malicious application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: before 12.2 (fixed in 12.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 5.2 (fixed in 5.2)

Published 2020-10-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.