CVE-2019-8740: Apple Ipad OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, watchOS 6, tvOS 13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad OS: before 13.1 (fixed in 13.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 13.1 (fixed in 13.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 13 (fixed in 13)
• Apple watchOS: before 6.0 (fixed in 6.0)

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