CVE-2019-8578: Apple Airport Base Station Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.8.1, AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple Airport Base Station Firmware: before 7.8.1 (fixed in 7.8.1)

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