Threats / Apple / CVE-2019-7286
CVE-2019-7286
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apple Multiple Products vulnerability
Apple iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS contain a memory corruption vulnerability enabling privilege escalation. Exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
Memory corruption flaw (CWE-787) across multiple Apple platforms allows attackers to escalate privileges. Active exploitation observed. Patch immediately.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
4 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-23).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.15705 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apple, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft malicious input to trigger out-of-bounds memory write in a vulnerable Apple service.
Business
Attacker gains elevated system privileges, bypassing security boundaries.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I leverage the elevated context to install persistent code or access sensitive user data.
Business
Confidentiality and integrity of user devices compromised; trust in Apple ecosystem eroded.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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