Out-of-bounds Read in Apple watchOS

CVE-2019-8624

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 5.3. A remote attacker may be able to leak memory.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-8624: held from 0.069 to 0.069.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8624?
CVE-2019-8624 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple watchOS, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-8624?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.