Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-8730 · published 18 December 2019

CVE-2019-8730: Apple mac os x information exposure vulnerability

Apple · Mac Os X

The contents of locked notes sometimes appeared in search results. This issue was addressed with improved data cleanup. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A local user may be able to view a user’s locked notes.

3.3 CVSS 3.1 Low EPSS 0.32% · top 77.4% CWE-200 · Information exposureCWE-459 · CWE-459

3.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 2.1

0.32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

2References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Mac Os X Apple

References

Link	Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT210634	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT210634	Release NotesVendor Advisory

Track CVE-2019-8730 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

9.8CVE-2021-1870Apple WebKit logic flaw allows remote code executionA logic issue in Apple's WebKit was addressed with improved restrictions, affecting macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, iOS and iPadOS, plus WebKitGTK a…KEVEPSS 7.7%analysed2 Apr 2021 9.8CVE-2021-1871Apple WebKit logic flaw allows remote code executionA logic issue in Apple's WebKit was addressed with improved restrictions. It affects macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, iOS and iPadOS, and a remote at…KEVEPSS 7.0%analysed2 Apr 2021 9.8CVE-2014-7169GNU Bash environment variable function parsing command injection (Shellshock variant)GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after malformed function definitions in environment variable values, allowing command inje…KEVEPSS 100%analysed25 Sep 2014 9.8CVE-2014-6271GNU Bash environment variable command injection (ShellShock)GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in environment variable values, allowing injected commands to run when Bas…KEVEPSS 100%analysed24 Sep 2014 9.8CVE-2012-1823PHP-CGI query string option injection enables remote code executionPHP versions before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when run as a CGI script (php-cgi), mishandle query strings that lack an equals sign, allowing com…KEVEPSS 100%analysed11 May 2012 8.8CVE-2022-2294Google Chrome WebRTC heap buffer overflow via crafted HTML pageCVE-2022-2294 is a heap buffer overflow in the WebRTC component of Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114. A remote attacker can trigger heap corrupti…KEVEPSS 70%analysed28 Jul 2022 8.8CVE-2021-1789Apple WebKit type confusion allows code execution via crafted web contentA type confusion flaw in Apple's WebKit engine was fixed through improved state handling across macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS and Safari. Process…KEVEPSS 14%analysed2 Apr 2021 7.8CVE-2021-30713Apple macOS privacy preference bypass via missing authorizationmacOS Big Sur before 11.4 has a permissions validation flaw (CWE-862 missing authorization) that lets a malicious application bypass Privacy preferen…KEVEPSS 7.0%analysed8 Sep 2021

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-8730), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-12). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.