CVE-2019-8768
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-18 17:33
Modified
2024-08-04 21:31
Severity ?
Summary
"Clear History and Website Data" did not clear the history. The issue was addressed with improved data deletion. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15. A user may be unable to delete browsing history items.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-22Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT210634Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
ApplemacOS
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