Vulnerability in Apple macOS
CVE-2019-8645
An issue existed in the handling of encrypted Mail. This issue was addressed with improved isolation of MIME in Mail. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept the contents of S/MIME-encrypted e-mail.
EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Apple Macos — versions unspecified
- Apple Mac_os_x
References
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-8645?
- CVE-2019-8645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-10-27.
- How severe is CVE-2019-8645?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.