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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2019-8767

CVE-2019-8767: 
macOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2019-8767 is a security vulnerability discovered in the CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) component of macOS operating systems. The vulnerability was disclosed and patched by Apple in October 2019, affecting macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 systems (Apple Security).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized as a memory consumption issue in CUPS that could lead to heap corruption when processing maliciously crafted strings. Apple addressed this vulnerability by implementing improved memory handling mechanisms (Apple Security).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could lead to heap corruption in the CUPS system, potentially compromising the security of the printing subsystem (Apple Security).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires processing of a maliciously crafted string to be exploited. It affects systems running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (Apple Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

Apple has released security updates to address this vulnerability in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006. Users are advised to update their systems to the latest version to receive the patch that implements improved memory handling (Apple Security).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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