CVE-2019-8591: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. An application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.14.5 (fixed in 10.14.5)
• Apple tvOS: before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3)
• Apple watchOS: before 5.2.1 (fixed in 5.2.1)

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