CVE-2019-8565: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 13.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: before 12.2 (fixed in 12.2)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.14.4 (fixed in 10.14.4)

Published 2019-12-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.