CVE-2019-8757 (GCVE-0-2019-8757)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-18 17:33
Modified
2024-08-04 21:31
Severity ?
CWE
  • The "Share Mac Analytics" setting may not be disabled when a user deselects the switch to share analytics
Summary
A race condition existed when reading and writing user preferences. This was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. The "Share Mac Analytics" setting may not be disabled when a user deselects the switch to share analytics.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < macOS Catalina 10.15
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