About the security content of Safari 12.1
This document describes the security content of Safari 12.1.
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Safari 12.1
Safari Reader
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Enabling the Safari Reader feature on a maliciously crafted webpage may lead to universal cross site scripting
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-6204: Ryan Pickren (ryanpickren.com)
CVE-2019-8505: Ryan Pickren (ryanpickren.com)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8506: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2019-8535: Zhiyang Zeng (@Wester) of Tencent Blade Team
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-6201: dwfault working with ADLab of Venustech
CVE-2019-8518: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8523: Apple
CVE-2019-8524: G. Geshev working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2019-8558: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero
CVE-2019-8559: Apple
CVE-2019-8563: Apple
CVE-2019-8638: found by OSS-Fuzz
CVE-2019-8639: found by OSS-Fuzz
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8536: Apple
CVE-2019-8544: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information
Description: A cross-origin issue existed with the fetch API. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2019-8515: James Lee (@Windowsrcer)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2019-7285: dwfault working at ADLab of Venustech
CVE-2019-8556: Apple
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A malicious website may be able to execute scripts in the context of another website
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8503: Linus Särud of Detectify
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2019-7292: Zhunki and Zhiyi Zhang of 360 ESG Codesafe Team
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8562: Wen Xu of SSLab at Georgia Tech and Hanqing Zhao of Chaitin Security Research Lab
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Mojave 10.14.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2019-8551: Ryan Pickren (ryanpickren.com)
Additional recognition
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Ryan Pickren (ryanpickren.com), Nikhil Mittal (@c0d3G33k) of Payatu Labs (payatu.com) for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Andrey Kovalev of Yandex Security Team for their assistance.
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