CVE-2019-8824: Apple Mac OS X

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

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

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

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