CVE-2019-8801: Apple iTunes

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A dynamic library loading issue existed in iTunes setup. This was addressed with improved path searching. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, iTunes for Windows 12.10.2. Running the iTunes installer in an untrusted directory may result in arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iTunes: before 12.10.2 (fixed in 12.10.2)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.15.1 (fixed in 10.15.1)

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